Re: Stale entries in pg_stat_activity

On Sun, Oct 17, 2004 at 12:01:45AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org> writes:
> > pg_stat_activity sometimes shows old connections that have already
> > terminated.
>
> Define "old"?  There's a built-in delay of up to half a second (if
> memory serves) in the statistics views.

Fourteen minutes and counting.

I just noticed the problem this evening so I don't know how long
the stale connections remain in the view.  During my testing I was
restarting the backend frequently to start each run afresh; I'll
leave the current situation alone for a while and see what happens.

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Michael Fuhr
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