Re: pg_stat_user_tables.n_mod_since_analyze persistence?

Philip Semanchuk <philip@americanefficient.com> writes:
> I saw some unexpected behavior that I'm trying to understand. I suspect it might be a quirk specific to AWS Aurora
andI'd like to confirm that. 

> When I restart my local Postgres instance (on my Mac), the values in pg_stat_user_tables.n_mod_since_analyze are
preserved.In other words, if table foo had n_mod_since_analyze=33 before the reboot, it still has
n_mod_since_analyze=33after the restart.  

> When I restart an AWS Aurora instance, the values in pg_stat_user_tables.n_mod_since_analyze all seem to be reset to
0. 

> Can anyone confirm (or refute) that the behavior I see on my Mac (preservation of these values through a restart) is
common& expected behavior? 

Yeah, in PG those stats would be preserved, at least as long as it's
a clean shutdown.

            regards, tom lane