{"podcast":{"title":"Postgres FM","slug":"postgres-fm-5565051","podcast_index_feed_id":5565051,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/postgres-fm","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/F-bi_aUNst-Ey8rEcRiURSNfKPb3cxsaDOvekkdqtR8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMyMTQ3LzE3MTA3/OTEzODMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Nikolay Samokhvalov and Michael Christofides","episode_count":184,"summary":"A weekly podcast about all things PostgreSQL","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T00:17:17.794402+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/postgres-fm-5565051"},"episode":{"title":"autovacuum","slug":"autovacuum","published_at":"2026-05-29T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/postgres-fm-5565051/autovacuum","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/postgres-fm-5565051","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/6d69f279","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/6d69f279/4dbc24cb.mp3","summary":"Nik and Michael discuss autovacuum, including what it does, and the basics of why and how to tune it. Here are some links to things they mentioned: autovacuum https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/routine-vacuuming.html#AUTOVACUUM autovacuum configuration parameters https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-vacuum.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-AUTOVACUUM What’s Missing in Postgres? (our episode with Bruce Momjian) https://postgres.fm/episodes/what-s-missing-in-postgres pg_squeeze (our episode with Antonín Houska) https://postgres.fm/episodes/pg_squeeze My queries to monitor autovacuum (post by Laurenz Albe) https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/monitor-autovacuum-my-queries/ Autovacuum Tuning Basics (post by Tomas Vondra, originally for 2nd Quadrant blog) https://www.enterprisedb.com/blog/autovacuum-tuning-basics Zero autovacuum_vacuum_cost_delay, Write Storms, and You (post by Jeremy Schneider) https://ardentperf.com/2026/04/12/zero-autovacuum_cost_delay-write-storms-and-you/ Our episode on long-running transactions / xmin horizon https://postgres.fm/episodes/long-running-transactions ~~~ 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","meta_description":"Nik and Michael discuss autovacuum, including what it does, and the basics of why and how to tune it. Here are some links to things they mentioned: autova…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2787,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/postgres-fm-5565051/episodes/autovacuum/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/postgres-fm-5565051/autovacuum.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}