HOT Updates and BRIN indexes in Postgres 16

Опубликовано: 15 Март 2026
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Today, I want to talk about a new change in Postgres 16 that helps you ignore BRIN indexes when Postgres checks for HOT updates. Join me for 5mins of Postgres E86.

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📑 What we have discussed in this episode of 5mins of Postgres:

What HOT Updates are
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/curre...

pg_stat_all_tables
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/curre...

Ignore BRIN indexes when checking for HOT updates - commit
https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=...

README.HOT in the Postgres source code
https://github.com/postgres/postgres/...

How to use HOT Updates in Postgres to make CLUSTER work better
https://pganalyze.com/blog/5mins-post...

HOT Updates vs Bottom-Up Index Deletion in Postgres 14
https://pganalyze.com/blog/5mins-post...