From a8010d03e1f30c657b6c868fa857c7b8b53c3fbc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 22:47:59 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] doc PG 17 relnotes: add item about vacuum storage/limits/WAL Reported-by: Alvaro Herrera Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/202405150838.sg5ddcexyyf4@alvherre.pgsql Backpatch-through: master --- doc/src/sgml/release-17.sgml | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-17.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-17.sgml index e68c499e0d..7f36a35954 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-17.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-17.sgml @@ -519,6 +519,25 @@ Allow vacuum to more efficiently remove and freeze tuples (Masahiko Sawada, John + + + + +Allow vacuum to more efficiently store tuple references and remove its memory limit (Masahiko Sawada, John Naylor) + + + +Specifically, maintenance_work_mem and autovacuum_work_mem can now be configured to use more than one gigabyte of memory. WAL traffic caused by vacuum is also more compact. + + +