Yes, Michael, that I have noticed too, but should have written more in my original mail.
The query when I try it does run in 15ms, but evening logs show the query (I think only small percentage of it) running 1-3s. At the same time my CentOS 8 server with 64 GB RAM is never loaded, the load average show by top is 0.35-0.45. What could be the reason, does PostgreSQL 13.2 has some scheduled task maybe? I have only changed few lines in the postgresql.conf: # diff postgresql.conf.OLD postgresql.conf 64c64 < max_connections = 100 # (change requires restart) --- > max_connections = 120 # (change requires restart) 130c130 < #work_mem = 4MB # min 64kB --- > work_mem = 8MB # min 64kB 132c132 < #maintenance_work_mem = 64MB # min 1MB --- > maintenance_work_mem = 128MB # min 1MB 393c393 < #effective_cache_size = 4GB --- > effective_cache_size = 8GB 410,411c410,411 < #from_collapse_limit = 8 < #join_collapse_limit = 8 # 1 disables collapsing of explicit --- > from_collapse_limit = 24 > join_collapse_limit = 24 # 1 disables collapsing of explicit 469c469 < #log_min_messages = warning # values in order of decreasing detail: --- > log_min_messages = notice # values in order of decreasing detail: 497c497 < #log_min_duration_statement = -1 # -1 is disabled, 0 logs all statements --- > log_min_duration_statement = 1000 # -1 is disabled, 0 logs all statements And I have pgbouncer in front of the PostgreSQL: diff pgbouncer.ini.OLD pgbouncer.ini 12a13,15 > words_de = host=/tmp user=xxx password=xxx dbname=words_de > words_en = host=/tmp user=xxx password=xxx dbname=words_en > words_ru = host=/tmp user=xxx password=xxx dbname=words_ru 115a119 > ;; auth_type = md5 148c152 < ;server_reset_query = DISCARD ALL --- > server_reset_query = DISCARD ALL 156c160 < ;ignore_startup_parameters = extra_float_digits --- > ignore_startup_parameters = extra_float_digits 180c184 < ;max_client_conn = 100 --- > max_client_conn = 1000 185c189 < ;default_pool_size = 20 --- > default_pool_size = 100 Or is maybe everything ok...? The daily gzipped dump grows big: 939343358 Dec 31 01:33 words_ru-Dec.sql.gz 1221682336 Jan 31 01:33 words_ru-Jan.sql.gz 1423324283 Feb 20 01:34 words_ru-Feb.sql.gz and being an inexperienced pg admin I am a bit worried. Thank you Alex >