auto_explain

Overview

CONTRIB Built-in Extension: auto_explain : Provides a means for logging execution plans of slow statements automatically

Information

• Extension ID: 6980
• Extension Name: auto_explain
• Package Name: None
• Category: STAT
• License: PostgreSQL
• Website: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/auto-explain.html
• Language: C
• Extra Tags: N/A
• Comment: N/A

Metadata

• Latest Version: -
• Postgres Support: 17,16,15,14,13
• Need Load: Explicit Loading Required
• Need DDL: Dd not need CREATE EXTENSION DDL
• Relocatable: Unknown
• Trusted: Untrusted, Require Superuser to Create
• Schemas: N/A
• Requires: N/A

RPM / DEB

PostgreSQL Built-in Contrib Extension

Availability

Installation

Extension auto_explain is PostgreSQL Built-in Contrib Extension which is installed along with the kernel/contrib.

Install auto_explain RPM from YUM repo directly:

dnf install postgresql17-contrib;
dnf install postgresql16-contrib;
dnf install postgresql15-contrib;
dnf install postgresql14-contrib;
dnf install postgresql13-contrib;

Install auto_explain DEB from APT repo directly:

apt install postgresql-17;
apt install postgresql-16;
apt install postgresql-15;
apt install postgresql-14;
apt install postgresql-13;

Extension auto_explain has to be loaded via shared_preload_libraries

shared_preload_libraries = 'auto_explain'; # add to pg cluster config

Extension %s does not need CREATE EXTENSION command