Immediately after upgrading an internal instance, a loop around "vacuum" did this:
TRAP: FailedAssertion("indstats->status == PARALLEL_INDVAC_STATUS_INITIAL", File: "vacuumparallel.c", Line: 611, PID: 27635) postgres: postgres pryzbyj [local] VACUUM(ExceptionalCondition+0x8d)[0x99d9fd] postgres: postgres pryzbyj [local] VACUUM[0x6915db] postgres: postgres pryzbyj [local] VACUUM(heap_vacuum_rel+0x12b6)[0x5083e6] postgres: postgres pryzbyj [local] VACUUM[0x68e97a] postgres: postgres pryzbyj [local] VACUUM(vacuum+0x48e)[0x68fe9e] postgres: postgres pryzbyj [local] VACUUM(ExecVacuum+0x2ae)[0x69065e] postgres: postgres pryzbyj [local] VACUUM(standard_ProcessUtility+0x530)[0x8567b0] /usr/pgsql-15/lib/pg_stat_statements.so(+0x5450)[0x7f52b891c450] postgres: postgres pryzbyj [local] VACUUM[0x85490a] postgres: postgres pryzbyj [local] VACUUM[0x854a53] postgres: postgres pryzbyj [local] VACUUM(PortalRun+0x179)[0x855029] postgres: postgres pryzbyj [local] VACUUM[0x85099b] postgres: postgres pryzbyj [local] VACUUM(PostgresMain+0x199a)[0x85268a] postgres: postgres pryzbyj [local] VACUUM[0x496a21] postgres: postgres pryzbyj [local] VACUUM(PostmasterMain+0x11c0)[0x7b3980] postgres: postgres pryzbyj [local] VACUUM(main+0x1c6)[0x4986a6] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5)[0x7f52c4b893d5] postgres: postgres pryzbyj [local] VACUUM[0x498c59] < 2022-08-18 07:56:51.963 CDT >LOG: server process (PID 27635) was terminated by signal 6: Aborted < 2022-08-18 07:56:51.963 CDT >DETAIL: Failed process was running: VACUUM ANALYZE alarms Unfortunately, it looks like the RPM packages are compiled with -O2, so this is of limited use. Core was generated by `postgres: postgres pryzbyj [local] VACUUM '. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. #0 0x00007f52c4b9d207 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 Missing separate debuginfos, use: debuginfo-install audit-libs-2.8.4-4.el7.x86_64 bzip2-libs-1.0.6-13.el7.x86_64 cyrus-sasl-lib-2.1.26-23.el7.x86_64 elfutils-libelf-0.176-5.el7.x86_64 elfutils-libs-0.176-5.el7.x86_64 glibc-2.17-260.el7_6.3.x86_64 keyutils-libs-1.5.8-3.el7.x86_64 krb5-libs-1.15.1-51.el7_9.x86_64 libattr-2.4.46-13.el7.x86_64 libcap-2.22-9.el7.x86_64 libcap-ng-0.7.5-4.el7.x86_64 libcom_err-1.42.9-19.el7.x86_64 libgcc-4.8.5-39.el7.x86_64 libgcrypt-1.5.3-14.el7.x86_64 libgpg-error-1.12-3.el7.x86_64 libicu-50.1.2-17.el7.x86_64 libselinux-2.5-15.el7.x86_64 libstdc++-4.8.5-39.el7.x86_64 libxml2-2.9.1-6.el7_9.6.x86_64 libzstd-1.5.2-1.el7.x86_64 lz4-1.7.5-2.el7.x86_64 nspr-4.19.0-1.el7_5.x86_64 nss-3.36.0-7.1.el7_6.x86_64 nss-softokn-freebl-3.36.0-5.el7_5.x86_64 nss-util-3.36.0-1.1.el7_6.x86_64 openldap-2.4.44-21.el7_6.x86_64 openssl-libs-1.0.2k-22.el7_9.x86_64 pam-1.1.8-22.el7.x86_64 pcre-8.32-17.el7.x86_64 systemd-libs-219-62.el7_6.5.x86_64 xz-libs-5.2.2-1.el7.x86_64 zlib-1.2.7-18.el7.x86_64 (gdb) bt #0 0x00007f52c4b9d207 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007f52c4b9e8f8 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #2 0x000000000099da1e in ExceptionalCondition (conditionName=conditionName@entry=0xafae40 "indstats->status == PARALLEL_INDVAC_STATUS_INITIAL", errorType=errorType@entry=0x9fb4b7 "FailedAssertion", fileName=fileName@entry=0xafb0c0 "vacuumparallel.c", lineNumber=lineNumber@entry=611) at assert.c:69 #3 0x00000000006915db in parallel_vacuum_process_all_indexes (pvs=0x2e85f80, num_index_scans=<optimized out>, vacuum=<optimized out>) at vacuumparallel.c:611 #4 0x00000000005083e6 in heap_vacuum_rel (rel=<optimized out>, params=<optimized out>, bstrategy=<optimized out>) at vacuumlazy.c:2679 #5 0x000000000068e97a in table_relation_vacuum (bstrategy=<optimized out>, params=0x7fff46de9a80, rel=0x7f52c7bc2c10) at ../../../src/include/access/tableam.h:1680 #6 vacuum_rel (relid=52187497, relation=<optimized out>, params=0x7fff46de9a80) at vacuum.c:2092 #7 0x000000000068fe9e in vacuum (relations=0x2dbeee8, params=params@entry=0x7fff46de9a80, bstrategy=<optimized out>, bstrategy@entry=0x0, isTopLevel=isTopLevel@entry=true) at vacuum.c:475 #8 0x000000000069065e in ExecVacuum (pstate=pstate@entry=0x2dc38d0, vacstmt=vacstmt@entry=0x2d9f3a0, isTopLevel=isTopLevel@entry=true) at vacuum.c:275 #9 0x00000000008567b0 in standard_ProcessUtility (pstmt=pstmt@entry=0x2d9f7a0, queryString=queryString@entry=0x2d9e8a0 "VACUUM ANALYZE alarms", readOnlyTree=<optimized out>, context=context@entry=PROCESS_UTILITY_TOPLEVEL, params=params@entry=0x0, queryEnv=queryEnv@entry=0x0, dest=dest@entry=0x2d9f890, qc=qc@entry=0x7fff46dea0c0) at utility.c:866 #10 0x00007f52b891c450 in pgss_ProcessUtility (pstmt=0x2d9f7a0, queryString=0x2d9e8a0 "VACUUM ANALYZE alarms", readOnlyTree=<optimized out>, context=PROCESS_UTILITY_TOPLEVEL, params=0x0, queryEnv=0x0, dest=0x2d9f890, qc=0x7fff46dea0c0) at pg_stat_statements.c:1143 #11 0x000000000085490a in PortalRunUtility (portal=portal@entry=0x2e20fc0, pstmt=0x2d9f7a0, isTopLevel=isTopLevel@entry=true, setHoldSnapshot=setHoldSnapshot@entry=false, dest=0x2d9f890, qc=0x7fff46dea0c0) at pquery.c:1158 #12 0x0000000000854a53 in PortalRunMulti (portal=portal@entry=0x2e20fc0, isTopLevel=isTopLevel@entry=true, setHoldSnapshot=setHoldSnapshot@entry=false, dest=dest@entry=0x2d9f890, altdest=altdest@entry=0x2d9f890, qc=qc@entry=0x7fff46dea0c0) at pquery.c:1322 #13 0x0000000000855029 in PortalRun (portal=0x2e20fc0, count=9223372036854775807, isTopLevel=<optimized out>, run_once=<optimized out>, dest=0x2d9f890, altdest=0x2d9f890, qc=0x7fff46dea0c0) at pquery.c:791 #14 0x000000000085099b in exec_simple_query (query_string=0x2d9e8a0 "VACUUM ANALYZE alarms") at postgres.c:1250 #15 0x000000000085268a in PostgresMain (dbname=<optimized out>, username=<optimized out>) at postgres.c:4581 #16 0x0000000000496a21 in BackendRun (port=<optimized out>, port=<optimized out>) at postmaster.c:4504 #17 BackendStartup (port=0x2dbe9c0) at postmaster.c:4232 #18 ServerLoop () at postmaster.c:1806 #19 0x00000000007b3980 in PostmasterMain (argc=argc@entry=3, argv=argv@entry=0x2d99280) at postmaster.c:1478 #20 0x00000000004986a6 in main (argc=3, argv=0x2d99280) at main.c:202 (gdb) p *pvs $2 = {pcxt = 0x2e84490, indrels = 0x2e84220, nindexes = 8, shared = 0x2aaaaf142380, indstats = 0x2aaaaf1423c0, dead_items = 0x2aaaab142380, buffer_usage = 0x2aaaab142260, wal_usage = 0x2aaaab142220, will_parallel_vacuum = 0x2e8f750, nindexes_parallel_bulkdel = 5, nindexes_parallel_cleanup = 0, nindexes_parallel_condcleanup = 5, bstrategy = 0x2dbed40, relnamespace = 0x0, relname = 0x0, indname = 0x0, status = PARALLEL_INDVAC_STATUS_INITIAL} (gdb) info locals indstats = <optimized out> i = <optimized out> nworkers = 2 (gdb) p *pvs $4 = {pcxt = 0x2e84490, indrels = 0x2e84220, nindexes = 8, shared = 0x2aaaaf142380, indstats = 0x2aaaaf1423c0, dead_items = 0x2aaaab142380, buffer_usage = 0x2aaaab142260, wal_usage = 0x2aaaab142220, will_parallel_vacuum = 0x2e8f750, nindexes_parallel_bulkdel = 5, nindexes_parallel_cleanup = 0, nindexes_parallel_condcleanup = 5, bstrategy = 0x2dbed40, relnamespace = 0x0, relname = 0x0, indname = 0x0, status = PARALLEL_INDVAC_STATUS_INITIAL} I reproduced it like this: pryzbyj=# VACUUM (PARALLEL 2,VERBOSE,INDEX_CLEANUP on) alarms; -- DISABLE_PAGE_SKIPPING true INFO: vacuuming "pryzbyj.public.alarms" server closed the connection unexpectedly This probably means the server terminated abnormally before or while processing the request. The connection to the server was lost. Attempting reset: Failed. The connection to the server was lost. Attempting reset: Failed. So I'll be back shortly with more... -- Justin