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Remove injector statements from telemetry; give the healthy case real traffic

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  | `slow_and_big` — slowest statement over 10ms **and** a large table → missing index | 2/6 |
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  | deterministic detectors (reference implementation) | 6/6 |
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- `slow_and_big` beats `always_index` on exactly one row: it stays silent on the
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- healthy database. It still calls `plan_regression` a missing index, which is the
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- whole reason that scenario exists and it misses `n_plus_1` entirely, because
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- nothing there is slow.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  ## Labels
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  | `slow_and_big` — slowest statement over 10ms **and** a large table → missing index | 2/6 |
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  | deterministic detectors (reference implementation) | 6/6 |
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+ `slow_and_big` is right twice: it names the one genuine index problem, and it
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+ stays quiet on the healthy database. On the other four it returns **nothing at
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+ all** once the rig's own statements are excluded (see below), none of those
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+ faults presents as a slow query. Stale statistics, bloat, a lock holder and an
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+ N+1 loop are all invisible to any heuristic that ranks by duration.
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+ ## Telemetry contains application traffic only
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+ Each scenario clears `pg_stat_statements` *after* the fault is created and
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+ *before* the workload runs, so the injector's own work never reaches the
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+ snapshot. Without that, `plan_regression` ships with a 9.6-second
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+ `INSERT INTO orders … generate_series(1, 300000)` and an
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+ `ALTER TABLE orders SET (autovacuum_enabled = false)` sitting in the statements,
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+ which name the root cause outright and make the scenario trivial.
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+ For the same reason the healthy record is captured *after* running the same
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+ background traffic as every fault case — an empty `statements` list would make
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+ `len(statements) == 0` a free correct answer.
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  ## Labels
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benchmark.jsonl CHANGED
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- {"id": "healthy_baseline", "title": "Healthy database", "category": "none", "expected_detector": null, "expected_root_cause": "Nothing is wrong. The correct answer is no finding.", "fix_target": null, "naive_answer": "find something anyway", "naive_answer_correct": false, "telemetry": {"statements": [], "tables": [{"relname": "order_items", "n_live_tup": 2500000, "reltuples": 2500000, "live_tuples": 2500000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 2261, "seq_tup_read": 1887500001, "idx_scan": 1505118, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 09:32:42.951415+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 263626752, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "events", "n_live_tup": 1500000, "reltuples": 1500000, "live_tuples": 1500000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 86, "seq_tup_read": 87848176, "idx_scan": 670, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 09:33:06.545620+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 218873856, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "orders", "n_live_tup": 1000000, "reltuples": 1000000, "live_tuples": 1000000, "n_dead_tup": 1000, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 0, "seq_tup_read": 0, "idx_scan": 1538941, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 09:32:43.239474+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": "2026-08-08 09:32:43.051933+00:00", "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 146169856, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "categories", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 120, "live_tuples": 120, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 1, "seq_tup_read": 120, "idx_scan": 0, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 32768, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "products", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 50000, "live_tuples": 50000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 0, "seq_tup_read": 0, "idx_scan": 1, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 5750784, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "users", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 200000, "live_tuples": 200000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 1, "seq_tup_read": 200000, "idx_scan": 1500000, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 31318016, "autovacuum_enabled": true}], "activity": [{"pid": 7659, "application_name": "dbra_cli", "state": "idle", "wait_event_type": "Client", "wait_event": "ClientRead", "query": "SELECT pg_stat_statements_reset()", "xact_age": null, "state_age": "0:00:00.018866"}], "blocking": [], "settings": {"autovacuum": {"name": "autovacuum", "setting": "on", "unit": null}, "autovacuum_naptime": {"name": "autovacuum_naptime", "setting": "10", "unit": "s"}, "effective_cache_size": {"name": "effective_cache_size", "setting": "524288", "unit": "8kB"}, "max_connections": {"name": "max_connections", "setting": "100", "unit": null}, "random_page_cost": {"name": "random_page_cost", "setting": "4", "unit": null}, "shared_buffers": {"name": "shared_buffers", "setting": "32768", "unit": "8kB"}, "work_mem": {"name": "work_mem", "setting": "4096", "unit": "kB"}}}}
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- {"id": "missing_index", "title": "Missing index on a hot foreign key", "expected_detector": "missing_index", "expected_root_cause": "order_items.product_id has no index; the product-lookup query falls back to a sequential scan over the whole table.", "scenario_description": "Drops idx_order_items_product_id and drives product-lookup traffic. The join seq-scans 2.5M rows on every call.", "telemetry": {"statements": [{"queryid": -160921144486592849, "query": "SELECT o.id, o.created_at, oi.quantity\n FROM order_items oi\n JOIN orders o ON o.id = oi.order_id\n WHERE oi.product_id = $1\n ORDER BY o.created_at DESC\n LIMIT $2", "calls": 150, "total_exec_time": 11349.179845999995, "mean_exec_time": 75.66119897333333, "rows": 3000, "shared_blks_read": 1662758, "shared_blks_hit": 1127020}, {"queryid": 7553808779370851911, "query": "SELECT event_type, created_at\n FROM events\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT $2", "calls": 40, "total_exec_time": 6.294396000000002, "mean_exec_time": 0.15735989999999997, "rows": 312, "shared_blks_read": 369, "shared_blks_hit": 64}, {"queryid": 455725342067307130, "query": "SELECT id, status, total_cents, created_at\n FROM orders\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT $2", "calls": 40, "total_exec_time": 4.739758000000001, "mean_exec_time": 0.11849394999999999, "rows": 173, "shared_blks_read": 115, "shared_blks_hit": 178}, {"queryid": 6567515492305370512, "query": "SELECT id, user_id, total_cents, created_at\n FROM orders\n WHERE status = $1 AND created_at > now() - interval $2\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT $3", "calls": 40, "total_exec_time": 4.003381999999999, "mean_exec_time": 0.10008455000000002, "rows": 2000, "shared_blks_read": 0, "shared_blks_hit": 2090}, {"queryid": -3568873917533503743, "query": "DROP INDEX IF EXISTS idx_order_items_product_id", "calls": 1, "total_exec_time": 0.214292, "mean_exec_time": 0.214292, "rows": 0, "shared_blks_read": 0, "shared_blks_hit": 32}], "tables": [{"relname": "order_items", "n_live_tup": 2500000, "reltuples": 2500000, "live_tuples": 2500000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 2705, "seq_tup_read": 2257253161, "idx_scan": 1505140, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 09:32:42.951415+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 245825536, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "events", "n_live_tup": 1500000, "reltuples": 1500000, "live_tuples": 1500000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 86, "seq_tup_read": 87848176, "idx_scan": 670, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 09:33:06.545620+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 218873856, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "orders", "n_live_tup": 1000000, "reltuples": 1000000, "live_tuples": 1000000, "n_dead_tup": 1000, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 0, "seq_tup_read": 0, "idx_scan": 1546254, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 09:32:43.239474+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": "2026-08-08 09:32:43.051933+00:00", "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 146169856, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "categories", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 120, "live_tuples": 120, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 1, "seq_tup_read": 120, "idx_scan": 0, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 32768, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "products", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 50000, "live_tuples": 50000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 0, "seq_tup_read": 0, "idx_scan": 1, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 5750784, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "users", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 200000, "live_tuples": 200000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 1, "seq_tup_read": 200000, "idx_scan": 1500000, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 31318016, "autovacuum_enabled": true}], "activity": [{"pid": 7659, "application_name": "dbra_cli", "state": "idle", "wait_event_type": "Client", "wait_event": "ClientRead", "query": "\n SELECT event_type, created_at\n FROM events\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT 20\n", "xact_age": null, "state_age": "0:00:00.005669"}], "blocking": [], "settings": {"autovacuum": {"name": "autovacuum", "setting": "on", "unit": null}, "autovacuum_naptime": {"name": "autovacuum_naptime", "setting": "10", "unit": "s"}, "effective_cache_size": {"name": "effective_cache_size", "setting": "524288", "unit": "8kB"}, "max_connections": {"name": "max_connections", "setting": "100", "unit": null}, "random_page_cost": {"name": "random_page_cost", "setting": "4", "unit": null}, "shared_buffers": {"name": "shared_buffers", "setting": "32768", "unit": "8kB"}, "work_mem": {"name": "work_mem", "setting": "4096", "unit": "kB"}}}, "category": "indexing", "fix_target": "database", "naive_answer": "add an index", "naive_answer_correct": true}
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- {"id": "plan_regression", "title": "Plan regression from stale statistics", "expected_detector": "stale_stats", "expected_root_cause": "Statistics on orders are stale after a bulk load. The planner's row estimate for status = 'processing' is off by orders of magnitude, so it picks the wrong plan. Fix is ANALYZE orders, not a new index.", "scenario_description": "Inserts 300k orders with a brand-new status value and blocks autovacuum, so pg_statistic never learns the value exists.", "telemetry": {"statements": [{"queryid": 2296860122215958020, "query": "INSERT INTO orders (user_id, status, total_cents, created_at, updated_at)\n SELECT\n $2 + (random() * $3)::bigint,\n $1,\n ($4 + random() * $5)::bigint,\n now() - ((random() * $6)::int || $7)::interval,\n now()\n FROM generate_series($8, $9)", "calls": 1, "total_exec_time": 9624.180107, "mean_exec_time": 9624.180107, "rows": 300000, "shared_blks_read": 5813, "shared_blks_hit": 4811344}, {"queryid": 7885459450387183304, "query": "ALTER TABLE orders SET (autovacuum_enabled = false)", "calls": 1, "total_exec_time": 32.597597, "mean_exec_time": 32.597597, "rows": 0, "shared_blks_read": 0, "shared_blks_hit": 21}, {"queryid": 6567515492305370512, "query": "SELECT id, user_id, total_cents, created_at\n FROM orders\n WHERE status = $1 AND created_at > now() - 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- {"id": "bloat", "title": "Table bloat \u2014 autovacuum disabled", "expected_detector": "bloat", "expected_root_cause": "autovacuum is disabled on events, so dead tuples from UPDATE churn are never reclaimed. Fix is re-enabling autovacuum and vacuuming.", "scenario_description": "Disables autovacuum on events and runs repeated mass UPDATEs, leaving several hundred thousand dead tuples that never get reclaimed.", "telemetry": {"statements": [{"queryid": -1148203674414462555, "query": "UPDATE events SET payload = payload || jsonb_build_object($2, $1)\n WHERE id % $3 = $4", "calls": 4, "total_exec_time": 15573.859250000001, "mean_exec_time": 3893.4648125000003, "rows": 857140, "shared_blks_read": 70607, "shared_blks_hit": 10417704}, {"queryid": 6567515492305370512, "query": "SELECT id, user_id, total_cents, created_at\n FROM orders\n WHERE status = $1 AND created_at > now() - interval $2\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT $3", "calls": 30, "total_exec_time": 4.384252999999999, "mean_exec_time": 0.14614176666666673, "rows": 1500, "shared_blks_read": 204, "shared_blks_hit": 1356}, {"queryid": 455725342067307130, "query": "SELECT id, status, total_cents, created_at\n FROM orders\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT $2", "calls": 30, "total_exec_time": 3.7939239999999996, "mean_exec_time": 0.12646413333333337, "rows": 162, "shared_blks_read": 199, "shared_blks_hit": 52}, {"queryid": 7553808779370851911, "query": "SELECT event_type, created_at\n FROM events\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT $2", "calls": 30, "total_exec_time": 2.354338, "mean_exec_time": 0.07847793333333333, "rows": 206, "shared_blks_read": 189, "shared_blks_hit": 254}, {"queryid": -7699966418123488452, "query": "ALTER TABLE events SET (autovacuum_enabled = false)", "calls": 1, "total_exec_time": 0.18115, "mean_exec_time": 0.18115, "rows": 0, "shared_blks_read": 0, "shared_blks_hit": 21}], "tables": [{"relname": "order_items", "n_live_tup": 2500000, "reltuples": 2500000, "live_tuples": 2500000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 2713, "seq_tup_read": 2265000001, "idx_scan": 1805140, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 09:33:22.506093+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 263626752, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "events", "n_live_tup": 1500000, "reltuples": 1500000, "live_tuples": 1500000, "n_dead_tup": 857098, "n_mod_since_analyze": 857140, "seq_scan": 90, "seq_tup_read": 93848176, "idx_scan": 750, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 09:33:06.545620+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 389898240, "autovacuum_enabled": false}, {"relname": "orders", "n_live_tup": 1000000, "reltuples": 1000000, "live_tuples": 1000000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 0, "seq_tup_read": 0, "idx_scan": 1846591, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 09:33:34.233118+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": "2026-08-08 09:33:34.098957+00:00", "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 146087936, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "categories", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 120, "live_tuples": 120, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 1, "seq_tup_read": 120, "idx_scan": 0, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 32768, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "products", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 50000, "live_tuples": 50000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 0, "seq_tup_read": 0, "idx_scan": 1, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 5750784, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "users", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 200000, "live_tuples": 200000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 1, "seq_tup_read": 200000, "idx_scan": 1800000, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 31318016, "autovacuum_enabled": true}], "activity": [{"pid": 7659, "application_name": "dbra_cli", "state": "idle", "wait_event_type": "Client", "wait_event": "ClientRead", "query": "\n SELECT event_type, created_at\n FROM events\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT 20\n", "xact_age": null, "state_age": "0:00:00.006420"}], "blocking": [], "settings": {"autovacuum": {"name": "autovacuum", "setting": "on", "unit": null}, "autovacuum_naptime": {"name": "autovacuum_naptime", "setting": "10", "unit": "s"}, "effective_cache_size": {"name": "effective_cache_size", "setting": "524288", "unit": "8kB"}, "max_connections": {"name": "max_connections", "setting": "100", "unit": null}, "random_page_cost": {"name": "random_page_cost", "setting": "4", "unit": null}, "shared_buffers": {"name": "shared_buffers", "setting": "32768", "unit": "8kB"}, "work_mem": {"name": "work_mem", "setting": "4096", "unit": "kB"}}}, "category": "vacuum", "fix_target": "database", "naive_answer": "the table is just large", "naive_answer_correct": false}
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- {"id": "lock_contention", "title": "Lock contention \u2014 idle in transaction", "expected_detector": "lock_contention", "expected_root_cause": "A session is idle-in-transaction holding row locks on orders. Blocked writers are waiting on it. Fix targets the holder, not the waiters.", "scenario_description": "Leaves a session idle-in-transaction holding row locks on 1000 orders rows, plus three writers that block behind it.", "telemetry": {"statements": [{"queryid": -3416356442043621232, "query": "SELECT pg_sleep($1)", "calls": 2, "total_exec_time": 4012.826131, "mean_exec_time": 2006.4130655, "rows": 2, "shared_blks_read": 0, "shared_blks_hit": 0}, {"queryid": 6608170307522363794, "query": "UPDATE orders SET updated_at = now() WHERE id BETWEEN $1 AND $2", "calls": 1, "total_exec_time": 21.142681, "mean_exec_time": 21.142681, "rows": 1000, "shared_blks_read": 1449, "shared_blks_hit": 12627}, {"queryid": 4106065457713724360, "query": "SET application_name = 'dbra_blocked'", "calls": 3, "total_exec_time": 0.041414000000000006, "mean_exec_time": 0.013804666666666666, "rows": 0, "shared_blks_read": 0, "shared_blks_hit": 0}, {"queryid": 6650430479887907887, "query": "BEGIN", "calls": 1, "total_exec_time": 0.005419, "mean_exec_time": 0.005419, "rows": 0, "shared_blks_read": 0, "shared_blks_hit": 0}], "tables": [{"relname": "order_items", "n_live_tup": 2500000, "reltuples": 2500000, "live_tuples": 2500000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 2713, "seq_tup_read": 2265000001, "idx_scan": 1805140, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 09:33:22.506093+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 263626752, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "events", "n_live_tup": 1500000, "reltuples": 1500000, "live_tuples": 1500000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 95, "seq_tup_read": 98560217, "idx_scan": 780, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 09:33:52.980278+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 218873856, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "orders", "n_live_tup": 1000000, "reltuples": 1000000, "live_tuples": 1000000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 0, "seq_tup_read": 0, "idx_scan": 1846651, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 09:33:34.233118+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": "2026-08-08 09:33:34.098957+00:00", "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 146169856, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "categories", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 120, "live_tuples": 120, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 1, "seq_tup_read": 120, "idx_scan": 0, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 32768, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "products", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 50000, "live_tuples": 50000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 0, "seq_tup_read": 0, "idx_scan": 1, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 5750784, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "users", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 200000, "live_tuples": 200000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 1, "seq_tup_read": 200000, "idx_scan": 1800000, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 31318016, "autovacuum_enabled": true}], "activity": [{"pid": 7659, "application_name": "dbra_cli", "state": "idle", "wait_event_type": "Client", "wait_event": "ClientRead", "query": "\n SELECT 1 FROM pg_stat_activity\n WHERE cardinality(pg_blocking_pids(pid)) > 0\n LIMIT 1\n ", "xact_age": null, "state_age": "0:00:00.008607"}, {"pid": 8106, "application_name": "dbra_blocker", "state": "idle in transaction", "wait_event_type": "Client", "wait_event": "ClientRead", "query": "UPDATE orders SET updated_at = now() WHERE id BETWEEN 1 AND 1000;", "xact_age": "0:00:02.878695", "state_age": "0:00:02.855976"}, {"pid": 8113, "application_name": "dbra_blocked", "state": "active", "wait_event_type": "Lock", "wait_event": "transactionid", "query": "SET application_name = 'dbra_blocked'; SELECT pg_sleep(2); UPDATE orders SET updated_at = now() WHERE id BETWEEN 1 AND 100;", "xact_age": "0:00:02.465382", "state_age": "0:00:02.465381"}, {"pid": 8120, "application_name": "dbra_blocked", "state": "active", "wait_event_type": "Lock", "wait_event": "transactionid", "query": "SET application_name = 'dbra_blocked'; SELECT pg_sleep(2); UPDATE orders SET updated_at = now() WHERE id BETWEEN 500 AND 600;", "xact_age": "0:00:02.059159", "state_age": "0:00:02.059158"}, {"pid": 8127, "application_name": "dbra_blocked", "state": "active", "wait_event_type": "Timeout", "wait_event": "PgSleep", "query": "SET application_name = 'dbra_blocked'; SELECT pg_sleep(2); UPDATE orders SET total_cents = total_cents WHERE id = 42;", "xact_age": "0:00:01.658160", "state_age": "0:00:01.658158"}], "blocking": [{"waiting_pid": 8113, "waiting_query": "SET application_name = 'dbra_blocked'; SELECT pg_sleep(2); UPDATE orders SET updated_at = now() WHERE id BETWEEN 1 AND 100;", "blocker_pids": [8106]}, {"waiting_pid": 8120, "waiting_query": "SET application_name = 'dbra_blocked'; SELECT pg_sleep(2); UPDATE orders SET updated_at = now() WHERE id BETWEEN 500 AND 600;", "blocker_pids": [8106]}], "settings": {"autovacuum": {"name": "autovacuum", "setting": "on", "unit": null}, "autovacuum_naptime": {"name": "autovacuum_naptime", "setting": "10", "unit": "s"}, "effective_cache_size": {"name": "effective_cache_size", "setting": "524288", "unit": "8kB"}, "max_connections": {"name": "max_connections", "setting": "100", "unit": null}, "random_page_cost": {"name": "random_page_cost", "setting": "4", "unit": null}, "shared_buffers": {"name": "shared_buffers", "setting": "32768", "unit": "8kB"}, "work_mem": {"name": "work_mem", "setting": "4096", "unit": "kB"}}}, "category": "locking", "fix_target": "session", "naive_answer": "kill the slow queries", "naive_answer_correct": false}
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- {"id": "n_plus_1", "title": "ORM N+1 query pattern", "expected_detector": "n_plus_1", "expected_root_cause": "Application-side N+1. order_items is queried once per order row instead of batched. High call count, low mean time, trivial rows per call. Fix is in the application, not the database.", "scenario_description": "Runs 20 pages x 50 rows of list-then-per-row-lookup traffic. No schema change: 1000 fast queries where 20 would do.", "telemetry": {"statements": [{"queryid": 3395054879552150299, "query": "SELECT id, product_id, quantity FROM order_items WHERE order_id = $1", "calls": 1000, "total_exec_time": 25.97172299999999, "mean_exec_time": 0.025971723000000026, "rows": 2640, "shared_blks_read": 182, "shared_blks_hit": 5458}, {"queryid": 455725342067307130, "query": "SELECT id, status, total_cents, created_at\n FROM orders\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT 25", "calls": 30, "total_exec_time": 3.0898300000000005, "mean_exec_time": 0.10299433333333334, "rows": 142, "shared_blks_read": 160, "shared_blks_hit": 72}, {"queryid": 6567515492305370512, "query": "SELECT id, user_id, total_cents, created_at\n FROM orders\n WHERE status = $1 AND created_at > now() - interval '90 days'\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT 50", "calls": 30, "total_exec_time": 3.0616199999999996, "mean_exec_time": 0.10205399999999999, "rows": 1500, "shared_blks_read": 0, "shared_blks_hit": 1566}, {"queryid": 7553808779370851911, "query": "SELECT event_type, created_at\n FROM events\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT $2", "calls": 30, "total_exec_time": 1.6788509999999996, "mean_exec_time": 0.05596170000000001, "rows": 220, "shared_blks_read": 264, "shared_blks_hit": 46}, {"queryid": -5615481360785558192, "query": "SELECT id FROM orders\n WHERE status = $2\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT $1", "calls": 20, "total_exec_time": 1.546075, "mean_exec_time": 0.07730374999999999, "rows": 1000, "shared_blks_read": 0, "shared_blks_hit": 1000}], "tables": [{"relname": "order_items", "n_live_tup": 2500000, "reltuples": 2500000, "live_tuples": 2500000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 2713, "seq_tup_read": 2265000001, "idx_scan": 1806007, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 09:33:22.506093+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 263626752, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "events", "n_live_tup": 1500000, "reltuples": 1500000, "live_tuples": 1500000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 95, "seq_tup_read": 98560217, "idx_scan": 780, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 09:33:52.980278+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 218873856, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "orders", "n_live_tup": 1000000, "reltuples": 1000000, "live_tuples": 1000000, "n_dead_tup": 1000, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 0, "seq_tup_read": 0, "idx_scan": 1846678, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 09:33:34.233118+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": "2026-08-08 09:33:34.098957+00:00", "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 146169856, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "categories", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 120, "live_tuples": 120, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 1, "seq_tup_read": 120, "idx_scan": 0, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 32768, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "products", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 50000, "live_tuples": 50000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 0, "seq_tup_read": 0, "idx_scan": 1, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 5750784, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "users", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 200000, "live_tuples": 200000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 1, "seq_tup_read": 200000, "idx_scan": 1800000, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 31318016, "autovacuum_enabled": true}], "activity": [{"pid": 7659, "application_name": "dbra_cli", "state": "idle", "wait_event_type": "Client", "wait_event": "ClientRead", "query": "\n SELECT event_type, created_at\n FROM events\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT 20\n", "xact_age": null, "state_age": "0:00:00.008430"}], "blocking": [], "settings": {"autovacuum": {"name": "autovacuum", "setting": "on", "unit": null}, "autovacuum_naptime": {"name": "autovacuum_naptime", "setting": "10", "unit": "s"}, "effective_cache_size": {"name": "effective_cache_size", "setting": "524288", "unit": "8kB"}, "max_connections": {"name": "max_connections", "setting": "100", "unit": null}, "random_page_cost": {"name": "random_page_cost", "setting": "4", "unit": null}, "shared_buffers": {"name": "shared_buffers", "setting": "32768", "unit": "8kB"}, "work_mem": {"name": "work_mem", "setting": "4096", "unit": "kB"}}}, "category": "application", "fix_target": "application", "naive_answer": "nothing is slow, the database is healthy", "naive_answer_correct": false}
 
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+ {"id": "healthy_baseline", "title": "Healthy database", "category": "none", "expected_detector": null, "expected_root_cause": "Nothing is wrong. The correct answer is no finding.", "fix_target": null, "naive_answer": "find something anyway", "naive_answer_correct": false, "telemetry": {"statements": [{"queryid": 455725342067307130, "query": "SELECT id, status, total_cents, created_at\n FROM orders\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT $2", "calls": 30, "total_exec_time": 20.982371999999998, "mean_exec_time": 0.6994123999999999, "rows": 151, "shared_blks_read": 156, "shared_blks_hit": 85}, {"queryid": 7553808779370851911, "query": "SELECT event_type, created_at\n FROM events\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT $2", "calls": 30, "total_exec_time": 16.109731, "mean_exec_time": 0.5369910333333333, "rows": 255, "shared_blks_read": 302, "shared_blks_hit": 44}, {"queryid": 6567515492305370512, "query": "SELECT id, user_id, total_cents, created_at\n FROM orders\n WHERE status = $1 AND created_at > now() - interval $2\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT $3", "calls": 30, "total_exec_time": 3.891733999999999, "mean_exec_time": 0.12972446666666665, "rows": 1500, "shared_blks_read": 0, "shared_blks_hit": 1554}], "tables": [{"relname": "order_items", "n_live_tup": 2500000, "reltuples": 2500000, "live_tuples": 2500000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 3165, "seq_tup_read": 2642500001, "idx_scan": 2107164, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 10:39:05.560595+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 263626752, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "events", "n_live_tup": 1500000, "reltuples": 1500000, "live_tuples": 1500000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 124, "seq_tup_read": 127272297, "idx_scan": 950, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 10:39:08.789028+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 218873856, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "orders", "n_live_tup": 1000000, "reltuples": 1000000, "live_tuples": 1000000, "n_dead_tup": 1000, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 0, "seq_tup_read": 0, "idx_scan": 2154545, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 10:39:05.979839+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": "2026-08-08 10:39:05.591915+00:00", "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 146169856, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "categories", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 120, "live_tuples": 120, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 1, "seq_tup_read": 120, "idx_scan": 0, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 32768, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "products", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 50000, "live_tuples": 50000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 0, "seq_tup_read": 0, "idx_scan": 1, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 5750784, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "users", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 200000, "live_tuples": 200000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 1, "seq_tup_read": 200000, "idx_scan": 2100000, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 31318016, "autovacuum_enabled": true}], "activity": [{"pid": 15512, "application_name": "dbra_cli", "state": "idle", "wait_event_type": "Client", "wait_event": "ClientRead", "query": "\n SELECT event_type, created_at\n FROM events\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT 20\n", "xact_age": null, "state_age": "0:00:00.025798"}], "blocking": [], "settings": {"autovacuum": {"name": "autovacuum", "setting": "on", "unit": null}, "autovacuum_naptime": {"name": "autovacuum_naptime", "setting": "10", "unit": "s"}, "effective_cache_size": {"name": "effective_cache_size", "setting": "524288", "unit": "8kB"}, "max_connections": {"name": "max_connections", "setting": "100", "unit": null}, "random_page_cost": {"name": "random_page_cost", "setting": "4", "unit": null}, "shared_buffers": {"name": "shared_buffers", "setting": "32768", "unit": "8kB"}, "work_mem": {"name": "work_mem", "setting": "4096", "unit": "kB"}}}}
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+ {"id": "missing_index", "title": "Missing index on a hot foreign key", "expected_detector": "missing_index", "expected_root_cause": "order_items.product_id has no index; the product-lookup query falls back to a sequential scan over the whole table.", "scenario_description": "Drops idx_order_items_product_id and drives product-lookup traffic. The join seq-scans 2.5M rows on every call.", "telemetry": {"statements": [{"queryid": -160921144486592849, "query": "SELECT o.id, o.created_at, oi.quantity\n FROM order_items oi\n JOIN orders o ON o.id = oi.order_id\n WHERE oi.product_id = $1\n ORDER BY o.created_at DESC\n LIMIT $2", "calls": 150, "total_exec_time": 11084.462094999999, "mean_exec_time": 73.89641396666667, "rows": 3000, "shared_blks_read": 1662670, "shared_blks_hit": 1127080}, {"queryid": 455725342067307130, "query": "SELECT id, status, total_cents, created_at\n FROM orders\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT $2", "calls": 40, "total_exec_time": 15.624891, "mean_exec_time": 0.3906222750000001, "rows": 182, "shared_blks_read": 106, "shared_blks_hit": 197}, {"queryid": 7553808779370851911, "query": "SELECT event_type, created_at\n FROM events\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT $2", "calls": 40, "total_exec_time": 11.880294, "mean_exec_time": 0.29700735, "rows": 320, "shared_blks_read": 359, "shared_blks_hit": 83}, {"queryid": 6567515492305370512, "query": "SELECT id, user_id, total_cents, created_at\n FROM orders\n WHERE status = $1 AND created_at > now() - interval $2\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT $3", "calls": 40, "total_exec_time": 3.2147000000000006, "mean_exec_time": 0.08036750000000004, "rows": 2000, "shared_blks_read": 0, "shared_blks_hit": 2096}], "tables": [{"relname": "order_items", "n_live_tup": 2500000, "reltuples": 2500000, "live_tuples": 2500000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 3608, "seq_tup_read": 3011320881, "idx_scan": 2107186, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 10:39:05.560595+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 245825536, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "events", "n_live_tup": 1500000, "reltuples": 1500000, "live_tuples": 1500000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 124, "seq_tup_read": 127272297, "idx_scan": 980, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 10:39:08.789028+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 218873856, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "orders", "n_live_tup": 1000000, "reltuples": 1000000, "live_tuples": 1000000, "n_dead_tup": 1000, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 0, "seq_tup_read": 0, "idx_scan": 2161888, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 10:39:05.979839+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": "2026-08-08 10:39:05.591915+00:00", "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 146169856, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "categories", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 120, "live_tuples": 120, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 1, "seq_tup_read": 120, "idx_scan": 0, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 32768, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "products", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 50000, "live_tuples": 50000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 0, "seq_tup_read": 0, "idx_scan": 1, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 5750784, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "users", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 200000, "live_tuples": 200000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 1, "seq_tup_read": 200000, "idx_scan": 2100000, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 31318016, "autovacuum_enabled": true}], "activity": [{"pid": 15512, "application_name": "dbra_cli", "state": "idle", "wait_event_type": "Client", "wait_event": "ClientRead", "query": "\n SELECT event_type, created_at\n FROM events\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT 20\n", "xact_age": null, "state_age": "0:00:00.004672"}], "blocking": [], "settings": {"autovacuum": {"name": "autovacuum", "setting": "on", "unit": null}, "autovacuum_naptime": {"name": "autovacuum_naptime", "setting": "10", "unit": "s"}, "effective_cache_size": {"name": "effective_cache_size", "setting": "524288", "unit": "8kB"}, "max_connections": {"name": "max_connections", "setting": "100", "unit": null}, "random_page_cost": {"name": "random_page_cost", "setting": "4", "unit": null}, "shared_buffers": {"name": "shared_buffers", "setting": "32768", "unit": "8kB"}, "work_mem": {"name": "work_mem", "setting": "4096", "unit": "kB"}}}, "category": "indexing", "fix_target": "database", "naive_answer": "add an index", "naive_answer_correct": true}
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+ {"id": "plan_regression", "title": "Plan regression from stale statistics", "expected_detector": "stale_stats", "expected_root_cause": "Statistics on orders are stale after a bulk load. The planner's row estimate for status = 'processing' is off by orders of magnitude, so it picks the wrong plan. Fix is ANALYZE orders, not a new index.", "scenario_description": "Inserts 300k orders with a brand-new status value and blocks autovacuum, so pg_statistic never learns the value exists.", "telemetry": {"statements": [{"queryid": 6567515492305370512, "query": "SELECT id, user_id, total_cents, created_at\n FROM orders\n WHERE status = $1 AND created_at > now() - interval $2\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT $3", "calls": 100, "total_exec_time": 7.046200999999999, "mean_exec_time": 0.07046201000000002, "rows": 5000, "shared_blks_read": 0, "shared_blks_hit": 4478}, {"queryid": 7553808779370851911, "query": "SELECT event_type, created_at\n FROM events\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT 20", "calls": 40, "total_exec_time": 2.2896690000000004, "mean_exec_time": 0.05724172500000001, "rows": 294, "shared_blks_read": 323, "shared_blks_hit": 92}, {"queryid": 455725342067307130, "query": "SELECT id, status, total_cents, created_at\n FROM orders\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT $2", "calls": 40, "total_exec_time": 1.655956, "mean_exec_time": 0.041398899999999995, "rows": 269, "shared_blks_read": 16, "shared_blks_hit": 371}], "tables": [{"relname": "order_items", "n_live_tup": 2500000, "reltuples": 2500000, "live_tuples": 2500000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 3617, "seq_tup_read": 3020000001, "idx_scan": 2107186, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 10:39:21.018301+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 263626752, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "events", "n_live_tup": 1500000, "reltuples": 1500000, "live_tuples": 1500000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 124, "seq_tup_read": 127272297, "idx_scan": 1020, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 10:39:08.789028+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 218873856, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "orders", "n_live_tup": 1300000, "reltuples": 1000000, "live_tuples": 1300000, "n_dead_tup": 1000, "n_mod_since_analyze": 300000, "seq_scan": 0, "seq_tup_read": 0, "idx_scan": 2162107, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 10:39:05.979839+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": "2026-08-08 10:39:05.591915+00:00", "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 171507712, "autovacuum_enabled": false}, {"relname": "categories", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 120, "live_tuples": 120, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 1, "seq_tup_read": 120, "idx_scan": 0, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 32768, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "products", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 50000, "live_tuples": 50000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 0, "seq_tup_read": 0, "idx_scan": 1, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 5750784, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "users", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 200000, "live_tuples": 200000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 1, "seq_tup_read": 200000, "idx_scan": 2400000, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 31318016, "autovacuum_enabled": true}], "activity": [{"pid": 15512, "application_name": "dbra_cli", "state": "idle", "wait_event_type": "Client", "wait_event": "ClientRead", "query": "\n SELECT event_type, created_at\n FROM events\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT 20\n", "xact_age": null, "state_age": "0:00:00.003779"}], "blocking": [], "settings": {"autovacuum": {"name": "autovacuum", "setting": "on", "unit": null}, "autovacuum_naptime": {"name": "autovacuum_naptime", "setting": "10", "unit": "s"}, "effective_cache_size": {"name": "effective_cache_size", "setting": "524288", "unit": "8kB"}, "max_connections": {"name": "max_connections", "setting": "100", "unit": null}, "random_page_cost": {"name": "random_page_cost", "setting": "4", "unit": null}, "shared_buffers": {"name": "shared_buffers", "setting": "32768", "unit": "8kB"}, "work_mem": {"name": "work_mem", "setting": "4096", "unit": "kB"}}}, "category": "statistics", "fix_target": "database", "naive_answer": "add an index on orders.status", "naive_answer_correct": false}
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+ {"id": "bloat", "title": "Table bloat \u2014 autovacuum disabled", "expected_detector": "bloat", "expected_root_cause": "autovacuum is disabled on events, so dead tuples from UPDATE churn are never reclaimed. Fix is re-enabling autovacuum and vacuuming.", "scenario_description": "Disables autovacuum on events and runs repeated mass UPDATEs, leaving several hundred thousand dead tuples that never get reclaimed.", "telemetry": {"statements": [{"queryid": 6567515492305370512, "query": "SELECT id, user_id, total_cents, created_at\n FROM orders\n WHERE status = $1 AND created_at > now() - interval $2\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT $3", "calls": 30, "total_exec_time": 46.683979999999984, "mean_exec_time": 1.5561326666666664, "rows": 1500, "shared_blks_read": 203, "shared_blks_hit": 1363}, {"queryid": 455725342067307130, "query": "SELECT id, status, total_cents, created_at\n FROM orders\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT $2", "calls": 30, "total_exec_time": 38.372409999999995, "mean_exec_time": 1.2790803333333336, "rows": 142, "shared_blks_read": 179, "shared_blks_hit": 53}, {"queryid": 7553808779370851911, "query": "SELECT event_type, created_at\n FROM events\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT $2", "calls": 30, "total_exec_time": 3.0573830000000006, "mean_exec_time": 0.10191276666666664, "rows": 220, "shared_blks_read": 199, "shared_blks_hit": 227}], "tables": [{"relname": "order_items", "n_live_tup": 2500000, "reltuples": 2500000, "live_tuples": 2500000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 3617, "seq_tup_read": 3020000001, "idx_scan": 2407186, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 10:39:21.018301+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 263626752, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "events", "n_live_tup": 1500000, "reltuples": 1500000, "live_tuples": 1500000, "n_dead_tup": 857097, "n_mod_since_analyze": 857140, "seq_scan": 128, "seq_tup_read": 133272297, "idx_scan": 1060, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 10:39:08.789028+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 389873664, "autovacuum_enabled": false}, {"relname": "orders", "n_live_tup": 1000000, "reltuples": 1000000, "live_tuples": 1000000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 0, "seq_tup_read": 0, "idx_scan": 2462248, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 10:39:32.129797+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": "2026-08-08 10:39:31.970793+00:00", "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 146087936, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "categories", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 120, "live_tuples": 120, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 1, "seq_tup_read": 120, "idx_scan": 0, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 32768, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "products", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 50000, "live_tuples": 50000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 0, "seq_tup_read": 0, "idx_scan": 1, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 5750784, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "users", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 200000, "live_tuples": 200000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 1, "seq_tup_read": 200000, "idx_scan": 2400000, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 31318016, "autovacuum_enabled": true}], "activity": [{"pid": 15512, "application_name": "dbra_cli", "state": "idle", "wait_event_type": "Client", "wait_event": "ClientRead", "query": "\n SELECT event_type, created_at\n FROM events\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT 20\n", "xact_age": null, "state_age": "0:00:00.007394"}], "blocking": [], "settings": {"autovacuum": {"name": "autovacuum", "setting": "on", "unit": null}, "autovacuum_naptime": {"name": "autovacuum_naptime", "setting": "10", "unit": "s"}, "effective_cache_size": {"name": "effective_cache_size", "setting": "524288", "unit": "8kB"}, "max_connections": {"name": "max_connections", "setting": "100", "unit": null}, "random_page_cost": {"name": "random_page_cost", "setting": "4", "unit": null}, "shared_buffers": {"name": "shared_buffers", "setting": "32768", "unit": "8kB"}, "work_mem": {"name": "work_mem", "setting": "4096", "unit": "kB"}}}, "category": "vacuum", "fix_target": "database", "naive_answer": "the table is just large", "naive_answer_correct": false}
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+ {"id": "lock_contention", "title": "Lock contention \u2014 idle in transaction", "expected_detector": "lock_contention", "expected_root_cause": "A session is idle-in-transaction holding row locks on orders. Blocked writers are waiting on it. Fix targets the holder, not the waiters.", "scenario_description": "Leaves a session idle-in-transaction holding row locks on 1000 orders rows, plus three writers that block behind it.", "telemetry": {"statements": [{"queryid": 455725342067307130, "query": "SELECT id, status, total_cents, created_at\n FROM orders\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT 25", "calls": 30, "total_exec_time": 8.986045000000003, "mean_exec_time": 0.29953483333333336, "rows": 167, "shared_blks_read": 184, "shared_blks_hit": 73}, {"queryid": 7553808779370851911, "query": "SELECT event_type, created_at\n FROM events\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT $2", "calls": 30, "total_exec_time": 2.9876260000000006, "mean_exec_time": 0.09958753333333334, "rows": 226, "shared_blks_read": 271, "shared_blks_hit": 45}, {"queryid": 6567515492305370512, "query": "SELECT id, user_id, total_cents, created_at\n FROM orders\n WHERE status = $1 AND created_at > now() - interval '90 days'\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT 50", "calls": 30, "total_exec_time": 2.8328330000000004, "mean_exec_time": 0.09442776666666666, "rows": 1500, "shared_blks_read": 0, "shared_blks_hit": 1563}], "tables": [{"relname": "order_items", "n_live_tup": 2500000, "reltuples": 2500000, "live_tuples": 2500000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 3617, "seq_tup_read": 3020000001, "idx_scan": 2407186, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 10:39:21.018301+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 263626752, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "events", "n_live_tup": 1500000, "reltuples": 1500000, "live_tuples": 1500000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 133, "seq_tup_read": 137984801, "idx_scan": 1090, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 10:40:12.971612+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 218873856, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "orders", "n_live_tup": 1000000, "reltuples": 1000000, "live_tuples": 1000000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 0, "seq_tup_read": 0, "idx_scan": 2462309, "last_analyze": "2026-08-08 10:39:32.129797+00:00", "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": "2026-08-08 10:39:31.970793+00:00", "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 146169856, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "categories", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 120, "live_tuples": 120, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 1, "seq_tup_read": 120, "idx_scan": 0, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 32768, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "products", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 50000, "live_tuples": 50000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 0, "seq_tup_read": 0, "idx_scan": 1, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 5750784, "autovacuum_enabled": true}, {"relname": "users", "n_live_tup": 0, "reltuples": 200000, "live_tuples": 200000, "n_dead_tup": 0, "n_mod_since_analyze": 0, "seq_scan": 1, "seq_tup_read": 200000, "idx_scan": 2400000, "last_analyze": null, "last_autoanalyze": null, "last_vacuum": null, "last_autovacuum": null, "total_bytes": 31318016, "autovacuum_enabled": true}], "activity": [{"pid": 15512, "application_name": "dbra_cli", "state": "idle", "wait_event_type": "Client", "wait_event": "ClientRead", "query": "\n SELECT event_type, created_at\n FROM events\n WHERE user_id = $1\n ORDER BY created_at DESC\n LIMIT 20\n", "xact_age": null, "state_age": "0:00:00.004325"}, {"pid": 15951, "application_name": "dbra_blocker", "state": "idle in transaction", "wait_event_type": "Client", "wait_event": "ClientRead", "query": "UPDATE orders SET updated_at = now() WHERE id BETWEEN 1 AND 1000;", "xact_age": "0:00:02.906086", "state_age": "0:00:02.873810"}, {"pid": 15958, "application_name": "dbra_blocked", "state": "active", "wait_event_type": "Lock", "wait_event": "transactionid", "query": "SET application_name = 'dbra_blocked'; SELECT pg_sleep(2); UPDATE orders SET updated_at = now() WHERE id BETWEEN 1 AND 100;", "xact_age": "0:00:02.543973", "state_age": "0:00:02.543972"}, {"pid": 15965, "application_name": "dbra_blocked", "state": "active", "wait_event_type": "Lock", "wait_event": "transactionid", "query": "SET application_name = 'dbra_blocked'; SELECT pg_sleep(2); UPDATE orders SET updated_at = now() WHERE id BETWEEN 500 AND 600;", "xact_age": "0:00:02.139422", "state_age": "0:00:02.139421"}, {"pid": 15972, "application_name": "dbra_blocked", "state": "active", "wait_event_type": "Timeout", "wait_event": "PgSleep", "query": "SET application_name = 'dbra_blocked'; SELECT pg_sleep(2); UPDATE orders SET total_cents = total_cents WHERE id = 42;", "xact_age": "0:00:01.745437", "state_age": "0:00:01.745435"}], "blocking": [{"waiting_pid": 15958, "waiting_query": "SET application_name = 'dbra_blocked'; SELECT pg_sleep(2); UPDATE orders SET updated_at = now() WHERE id BETWEEN 1 AND 100;", "blocker_pids": [15951]}, {"waiting_pid": 15965, "waiting_query": "SET application_name = 'dbra_blocked'; SELECT pg_sleep(2); UPDATE orders SET updated_at = now() WHERE id BETWEEN 500 AND 600;", "blocker_pids": [15951]}], "settings": {"autovacuum": {"name": "autovacuum", "setting": "on", "unit": null}, "autovacuum_naptime": {"name": "autovacuum_naptime", "setting": "10", "unit": "s"}, "effective_cache_size": {"name": "effective_cache_size", "setting": "524288", "unit": "8kB"}, "max_connections": {"name": "max_connections", "setting": "100", "unit": null}, "random_page_cost": {"name": "random_page_cost", "setting": "4", "unit": null}, "shared_buffers": {"name": "shared_buffers", "setting": "32768", "unit": "8kB"}, "work_mem": {"name": "work_mem", "setting": "4096", "unit": "kB"}}}, "category": "locking", "fix_target": "session", "naive_answer": "kill the slow queries", "naive_answer_correct": false}
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+ {"id": "n_plus_1", "title": "ORM N+1 query pattern", "expected_detector": "n_plus_1", "expected_root_cause": "Application-side N+1. order_items is queried once per order row instead of batched. High call count, low mean time, trivial rows per call. Fix is in the application, not the database.", "scenario_description": "Runs 20 pages x 50 rows of list-then-per-row-lookup traffic. 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