auto_explain automatically logs execution plans for slow queries, helping diagnose performance problems without manually running EXPLAIN ANALYZE. section 7.3
Auto_explain
auto_explain is a PostgreSQL extension that automatically logs execution plans for queries meeting configured conditions.
How Just Use Postgres! covers it
- How deep it goes
- Defines the extension’s diagnostic role but does not detail configuration, thresholds, or logged-plan output.
- What you can do after
- Diagnose performance problems by automatically capturing plans for slow queries.
- How it connects
- Connects query-plan logging with EXPLAIN ANALYZE, pg_stat_statements, and hypopg for broader performance analysis.
Related concepts
- database extensionkind of · A database extension is an installable software package that adds data types, functions, operators, indexes, or other capabilities to a database system.
- execution planproduces · An execution plan is a structured description of the operations or tasks arranged to carry out a query or other task.
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