Re: [HACKERS] Incorrect documentation about pg_stat_activity

On Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:14:53 +0530
Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh.bapat@enterprisedb.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 7:48 PM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> > On 21 June 2017 at 16:15, Yugo Nagata <nagata@sraoss.co.jp> wrote:
> >> On Wed, 21 Jun 2017 19:08:35 +0530
> >> Kuntal Ghosh <kuntalghosh.2007@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 6:05 PM, Yugo Nagata <nagata@sraoss.co.jp> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > Attached is a patch for the documentation fix.
> >>> >
> >>> Please attach the patch as well. :-)
> >>
> >> I'm sorry, I forgot it. I attahed this.
> >
> > Thanks, will apply.
> 
> The patch is adjusting documentation for the observed behaviour. But I
> don't see a justification as to why the observed behaviour is correct
> one? Was there a commit which allowed startup process to be part of
> pg_stat_activity but forgot to update the documentation or the current
> behaviour is unintentional and probably needs to be fixed?

I confirmed the pg_stat_activity documentation and this says "startup" 
can be backend_type column's value, so I believe the behaviour is intentional.

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/monitoring-stats.html#pg-stat-activity-view

> 
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> Best Wishes,
> Ashutosh Bapat
> EnterpriseDB Corporation
> The Postgres Database Company


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