pg_wait_events — PostgreSQL system view

Summary

The view pg_wait_events provides description about the wait events.

(Description quoted from the official PostgreSQL documentation.)

Columns

The pg_wait_events system view exposes the following columns (names, types and descriptions are taken verbatim from the PostgreSQL documentation):

• type text
  Wait event type
• name text
  Wait event name
• description text
  Wait event description

Version applicability

Present in PostgreSQL 17, 18, 19 (verified against each release’s documentation). This is a long-standing system object that also exists in earlier PostgreSQL releases.

Related & references

• PostgreSQL system catalog & view index
• Built-in function reference

Reference: PostgreSQL documentation — pg_wait_events.