Waiting for PostgreSQL 19 – Add CONCURRENTLY option to REPACK (opens in new tab)

On 6th of April 2026, Álvaro Herrera committed patch: Add CONCURRENTLY option to REPACK When this flag is specified, REPACK no longer acquires access-exclusive lock while the new copy of the table is being created; instead, it creates the initial copy under share-update-exclusive lock only (same as vacuum, etc), and it follows an MVCC … Continue reading "Waiting for PostgreSQL 19 – Add CONCURRENTLY option to REPACK"