Re: Add mode column to pg_stat_progress_vacuum

On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM Sami Imseih <samimseih@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'd +1 for triggered_by over just trigger, but I actually think
>> triggered_by should be avoided as well for the same reason (term
>> overload). We already use the verb "launch" as the word to describe
>> this action in the existing autovacuum docs, but I was unable to come
>> up with something that both sounded good and made sense for the manual
>> vacuum case, so now I would lean towards "initialized_by".
>
>
> What about “started_by” ? it’s unambiguous and consistent with other columns
> like “query_start” in pg_stat_activity.

"started_by" sounds reasonable to me.

Regards,

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