Lock Causes Data To Vanish! | Scaling Postgres 406

From Scaling Postgres by Creston Jamison

March 1, 2026 · 18 min · Episode 406

About this episode

This episode discusses how a lock can cause data to vanish and covers new Postgres releases and replication techniques.

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how a lock can cause data to vanish, new Postgres releases, fast replication with peerDB and pg_ash for wait sampling. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/406-lock-causes-data-to-vanish/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/

People in this episode

Host: Creston Jamison

Topics covered

data loss
Postgres releases
fast replication
wait sampling
database performance

Keywords

data vanishing
Postgres
replication
peerDB
pg_ash
wait sampling
database performance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Postgres, peerDB, pg_ash, Scaling Postgres, Postgres Performance Demystified