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pg_stat_activity, and the transaction left open

The view that says what the server is doing right now, the state that blocks everything while using no CPU, and a query plan read in one line.

24 minutesTechnical content last reviewed on 16 Sept 2026

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What this lesson builds

  • Administering PostgreSQL: access, connections and growth
  • Reading system state without over-reading it