# pg_ash

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Podcast: [Postgres FM](https://stenobird.com/podcast/postgres-fm-5565051)
Published: 2026-02-20T14:19:00+00:00
Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/1ecc5c83
Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/1ecc5c83/5b974800.mp3
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## Resource

Nik and Michael discuss pg_ash — a new tool (not extension!) from Nik that samples and stores wait events from pg_stat_activity. Here are some links to things they mentioned: pg_ash https://github.com/NikolayS/pg_ash pg_wait_sampling https://github.com/postgrespro/pg_wait_sampling Amazon RDS performance insights https://aws.amazon.com/rds/performance-insights Our episode on wait events https://postgres.fm/episodes/wait-events pg-flight-recorder https://github.com/dventimisupabase/pg-flight-recorder pg_profile https://github.com/zubkov-andrei/pg_profile pg_cron https://github.com/citusdata/pg_cron ~~~ What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know via a YouTube comment, on social media, or by commenting on our Google doc ! ~~~ Postgres FM is produced by: Michael Christofides, founder of pgMustard Nikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.ai With credit to: Jessie Draws for the elephant artwork

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