On Wed, Mar 25, 2026 at 02:12:16PM -0700, Bharath Rupireddy wrote: > Would it make sense to recompute scores and re-sort the remaining > table list after each table is processed in do_autovacuum()'s main > loop - say, after a certain amount of time spent vacuuming the large > table(s)? This would catch the above scenarios. I see that the scores > per table are being calculated in relation_needs_vacanalyze, but they > are ignored in the recheck path (table_recheck_autovac -> > recheck_relation_needs_vacanalyze -> relation_needs_vacanalyze).
I think this was discussed a bit upthread, and we decided to leave it out for now. But things like reprioritization and automatic cost limit adjustments seem worth considering for v20. -- nathan
