Hi I am testing PostgreSQL in customer's environment and I found some unexpected behave.
When auto_explain is used, and there is slower parallel query, then auto_explain raises log for any slow process. arallel worker for PID 20089 : auto_explain database=NULL client=local appname=psql arallel worker for PID 20089 : duration: 121.250 ms plan: arallel worker for PID 20089 : Query Text: select sum(a) from bigtable group by b; arallel worker for PID 20089 : Partial HashAggregate (cost=10675.00..10774.59 rows=9959 width=12) arallel worker for PID 20089 : Group Key: b arallel worker for PID 20089 : -> Parallel Seq Scan on bigtable (cost=0.00..8591.67 rows=416667 width=8) arallel worker for PID 20089 : auto_explain database=NULL client=local appname=psql arallel worker for PID 20089 : duration: 128.247 ms plan: arallel worker for PID 20089 : Query Text: select sum(a) from bigtable group by b; arallel worker for PID 20089 : Partial HashAggregate (cost=10675.00..10774.59 rows=9959 width=12) arallel worker for PID 20089 : Group Key: b arallel worker for PID 20089 : -> Parallel Seq Scan on bigtable (cost=0.00..8591.67 rows=416667 width=8) res [local] SELECT: auto_explain database=postgres client=[local] appname=psql res [local] SELECT: duration: 149.478 ms plan: res [local] SELECT: Query Text: select sum(a) from bigtable group by b; res [local] SELECT: Finalize HashAggregate (cost=13865.98..13965.57 rows=9959 width=12) res [local] SELECT: Group Key: b res [local] SELECT: -> Gather (cost=11675.00..13766.39 rows=19918 width=12) res [local] SELECT: Workers Planned: 2 res [local] SELECT: -> Partial HashAggregate (cost=10675.00..10774.59 rows=9959 width=12) res [local] SELECT: Group Key: b res [local] SELECT: -> Parallel Seq Scan on bigtable (cost=0.00..8591.67 rows=416667 width=8) It is expected behave? Minimally it is undocumented and in this case a global variable MyProcPort is not initialized. Regards Pavel