diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 64f86ce6806ae41b5b0300c1e8f3c91b39a2c873..3f0f7363b9bc7456cf65f5e33ed36cdb4c92d8e5 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -17523,6 +17523,10 @@ SELECT collation for ('foo' COLLATE "de_DE");
     <primary>txid_visible_in_snapshot</primary>
    </indexterm>
 
+   <indexterm>
+    <primary>txid_status</primary>
+   </indexterm>
+
    <para>
     The functions shown in <xref linkend="functions-txid-snapshot">
     provide server transaction information in an exportable form.  The main
@@ -17573,6 +17577,11 @@ SELECT collation for ('foo' COLLATE "de_DE");
        <entry><type>boolean</type></entry>
        <entry>is transaction ID visible in snapshot? (do not use with subtransaction ids)</entry>
       </row>
+      <row>
+       <entry><literal><function>txid_status(<parameter>bigint</parameter>)</function></literal></entry>
+       <entry><type>txid_status</type></entry>
+       <entry>report the status of the given xact - <literal>committed</literal>, <literal>aborted</literal>, <literal>in progress</literal>, or NULL if the txid is too old</entry>
+      </row>
      </tbody>
     </tgroup>
    </table>
@@ -17642,6 +17651,24 @@ SELECT collation for ('foo' COLLATE "de_DE");
     <literal>xmin=10, xmax=20, xip_list=10, 14, 15</literal>.
    </para>
 
+   <para>
+    <function>txid_status(bigint)</> reports the commit status of a recent
+    transaction.  Applications may use it to determine whether a transaction
+    committed or aborted when the application and database server become
+    disconnected while a <literal>COMMIT</literal> is in progress.
+    The status of a transaction will be reported as either
+    <literal>in progress</>,
+    <literal>committed</>, or <literal>aborted</>, provided that the
+    transaction is recent enough that the system retains the commit status
+    of that transaction.  If is old enough that no references to that
+    transaction survive in the system and the commit status information has
+    been discarded, this function will return NULL.  Note that prepared
+    transactions are reported as <literal>in progress</>; applications must
+    check <link
+    linkend="view-pg-prepared-xacts"><literal>pg_prepared_xacts</></> if they
+    need to determine whether the txid is a prepared transaction.
+   </para>
+
    <para>
     The functions shown in <xref linkend="functions-commit-timestamp">
     provide information about transactions that have been already committed.
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/txid.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/txid.c
index 772d7c72031a1c47e840835add6befb7475e48a0..5c64e3271961468901a237a998b4909348494852 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/txid.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/txid.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/clog.h"
 #include "access/transam.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "access/xlog.h"
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "libpq/pqformat.h"
 #include "postmaster/postmaster.h"
+#include "storage/lwlock.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/snapmgr.h"
@@ -92,6 +94,70 @@ load_xid_epoch(TxidEpoch *state)
 	GetNextXidAndEpoch(&state->last_xid, &state->epoch);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Helper to get a TransactionId from a 64-bit xid with wraparound detection.
+ *
+ * It is an ERROR if the xid is in the future.  Otherwise, returns true if
+ * the transaction is still new enough that we can determine whether it
+ * committed and false otherwise.  If *extracted_xid is not NULL, it is set
+ * to the low 32 bits of the transaction ID (i.e. the actual XID, without the
+ * epoch).
+ *
+ * The caller must hold CLogTruncationLock since it's dealing with arbitrary
+ * XIDs, and must continue to hold it until it's done with any clog lookups
+ * relating to those XIDs.
+ */
+static bool
+TransactionIdInRecentPast(uint64 xid_with_epoch, TransactionId *extracted_xid)
+{
+	uint32		xid_epoch = (uint32) (xid_with_epoch >> 32);
+	TransactionId xid = (TransactionId) xid_with_epoch;
+	uint32		now_epoch;
+	TransactionId now_epoch_last_xid;
+
+	GetNextXidAndEpoch(&now_epoch_last_xid, &now_epoch);
+
+	if (extracted_xid != NULL)
+		*extracted_xid = xid;
+
+	if (!TransactionIdIsValid(xid))
+		return false;
+
+	/* For non-normal transaction IDs, we can ignore the epoch. */
+	if (!TransactionIdIsNormal(xid))
+		return true;
+
+	/* If the transaction ID is in the future, throw an error. */
+	if (xid_epoch > now_epoch
+		|| (xid_epoch == now_epoch && xid > now_epoch_last_xid))
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+				 errmsg("transaction ID " UINT64_FORMAT " is in the future",
+						xid_with_epoch)));
+
+	/*
+	 * ShmemVariableCache->oldestClogXid is protected by CLogTruncationLock,
+	 * but we don't acquire that lock here.  Instead, we require the caller to
+	 * acquire it, because the caller is presumably going to look up the
+	 * returned XID.  If we took and released the lock within this function, a
+	 * CLOG truncation could occur before the caller finished with the XID.
+	 */
+	Assert(LWLockHeldByMe(CLogTruncationLock));
+
+	/*
+	 * If the transaction ID has wrapped around, it's definitely too old to
+	 * determine the commit status.  Otherwise, we can compare it to
+	 * ShmemVariableCache->oldestClogXid to determine whether the relevant CLOG
+	 * entry is guaranteed to still exist.
+	 */
+	if (xid_epoch + 1 < now_epoch
+		|| (xid_epoch + 1 == now_epoch && xid < now_epoch_last_xid)
+		|| TransactionIdPrecedes(xid, ShmemVariableCache->oldestClogXid))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /*
  * do a TransactionId -> txid conversion for an XID near the given epoch
  */
@@ -354,6 +420,9 @@ bad_format:
  *
  *	Return the current toplevel transaction ID as TXID
  *	If the current transaction does not have one, one is assigned.
+ *
+ *	This value has the epoch as the high 32 bits and the 32-bit xid
+ *	as the low 32 bits.
  */
 Datum
 txid_current(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
@@ -658,3 +727,66 @@ txid_snapshot_xip(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 		SRF_RETURN_DONE(fctx);
 	}
 }
+
+/*
+ * Report the status of a recent transaction ID, or null for wrapped,
+ * truncated away or otherwise too old XIDs.
+ *
+ * The passed epoch-qualified xid is treated as a normal xid, not a
+ * multixact id.
+ *
+ * If it points to a committed subxact the result is the subxact status even
+ * though the parent xact may still be in progress or may have aborted.
+ */
+Datum
+txid_status(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	const char	   *status;
+	uint64			xid_with_epoch = PG_GETARG_INT64(0);
+	TransactionId	xid;
+
+	/*
+	 * We must protect against concurrent truncation of clog entries to avoid
+	 * an I/O error on SLRU lookup.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(CLogTruncationLock, LW_SHARED);
+	if (TransactionIdInRecentPast(xid_with_epoch, &xid))
+	{
+		Assert(TransactionIdIsValid(xid));
+
+		if (TransactionIdIsCurrentTransactionId(xid))
+			status = gettext_noop("in progress");
+		else if (TransactionIdDidCommit(xid))
+			status = gettext_noop("committed");
+		else if (TransactionIdDidAbort(xid))
+			status = gettext_noop("aborted");
+		else
+		{
+			/*
+			 * The xact is not marked as either committed or aborted in clog.
+			 *
+			 * It could be a transaction that ended without updating clog or
+			 * writing an abort record due to a crash. We can safely assume
+			 * it's aborted if it isn't committed and is older than our
+			 * snapshot xmin.
+			 *
+			 * Otherwise it must be in-progress (or have been at the time
+			 * we checked commit/abort status).
+			 */
+			if (TransactionIdPrecedes(xid, GetActiveSnapshot()->xmin))
+				status = gettext_noop("aborted");
+			else
+				status = gettext_noop("in progress");
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		status = NULL;
+	}
+	LWLockRelease(CLogTruncationLock);
+
+	if (status == NULL)
+		PG_RETURN_NULL();
+	else
+		PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(cstring_to_text(status));
+}
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/catversion.h b/src/include/catalog/catversion.h
index d8679f5f591f00f3b374e8977cbfcb37de082c6c..c9c9a18777466d8815b2a89435bf2baf555dbe7f 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/catversion.h
+++ b/src/include/catalog/catversion.h
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@
  */
 
 /*							yyyymmddN */
-#define CATALOG_VERSION_NO	201703231
+#define CATALOG_VERSION_NO	201703241
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h
index 0d18ab8c0dcf61d3b61601779114e475f284644e..a66d04510034a8466013fd3026dd9f1bbd0cf806 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h
@@ -4978,6 +4978,8 @@ DATA(insert OID = 2947 (  txid_snapshot_xip			PGNSP PGUID 12 1 50 0 0 f f f f t
 DESCR("get set of in-progress txids in snapshot");
 DATA(insert OID = 2948 (  txid_visible_in_snapshot	PGNSP PGUID 12 1  0 0 0 f f f f t f i s 2 0 16 "20 2970" _null_ _null_ _null_ _null_ _null_ txid_visible_in_snapshot _null_ _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("is txid visible in snapshot?");
+DATA(insert OID = 3360 (  txid_status				PGNSP PGUID 12 1  0 0 0 f f f f t f v s 1 0 25 "20" _null_ _null_ _null_ _null_ _null_ txid_status _null_ _null_ _null_ ));
+DESCR("commit status of transaction");
 
 /* record comparison using normal comparison rules */
 DATA(insert OID = 2981 (  record_eq		   PGNSP PGUID 12 1 0 0 0 f f f f t f i s 2 0 16 "2249 2249" _null_ _null_ _null_ _null_ _null_ record_eq _null_ _null_ _null_ ));
diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/011_crash_recovery.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/011_crash_recovery.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e5d1a0f64563816085549a020840b309d30f14f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/recovery/t/011_crash_recovery.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#
+# Tests relating to PostgreSQL crash recovery and redo
+#
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use PostgresNode;
+use TestLib;
+use Test::More tests => 3;
+
+my $node = get_new_node('master');
+$node->init(allows_streaming => 1);
+$node->start;
+
+my ($stdin, $stdout, $stderr) = ('', '', '');
+
+# Ensure that txid_status reports 'aborted' for xacts
+# that were in-progress during crash. To do that, we need
+# an xact to be in-progress when we crash and we need to know
+# its xid.
+my $tx = IPC::Run::start(
+	['psql', '-qAt', '-v', 'ON_ERROR_STOP=1', '-f', '-', '-d', $node->connstr('postgres')],
+	'<', \$stdin, '>', \$stdout, '2>', \$stderr);
+$stdin .= q[
+BEGIN;
+CREATE TABLE mine(x integer);
+SELECT txid_current();
+];
+$tx->pump until $stdout =~ /[[:digit:]]+[\r\n]$/;
+
+# Status should be in-progress
+my $xid = $stdout;
+chomp($xid);
+
+is($node->safe_psql('postgres', qq[SELECT txid_status('$xid');]), 'in progress', 'own xid is in-progres');
+
+# Crash and restart the postmaster
+$node->stop('immediate');
+$node->start;
+
+# Make sure we really got a new xid
+cmp_ok($node->safe_psql('postgres', 'SELECT txid_current()'), '>', $xid,
+	'new xid after restart is greater');
+# and make sure we show the in-progress xact as aborted
+is($node->safe_psql('postgres', qq[SELECT txid_status('$xid');]), 'aborted', 'xid is aborted after crash');
+
+$tx->kill_kill;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/txid.out b/src/test/regress/expected/txid.out
index 802ccb949f89da3e9531ff57000805e37ac520eb..015dae305121dc956e4975def1ce7c969ee92187 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/txid.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/txid.out
@@ -254,3 +254,71 @@ SELECT txid_current_if_assigned() IS NOT DISTINCT FROM BIGINT :'txid_current';
 (1 row)
 
 COMMIT;
+-- test xid status functions
+BEGIN;
+SELECT txid_current() AS committed \gset
+COMMIT;
+BEGIN;
+SELECT txid_current() AS rolledback \gset
+ROLLBACK;
+BEGIN;
+SELECT txid_current() AS inprogress \gset
+SELECT txid_status(:committed) AS committed;
+ committed 
+-----------
+ committed
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT txid_status(:rolledback) AS rolledback;
+ rolledback 
+------------
+ aborted
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT txid_status(:inprogress) AS inprogress;
+ inprogress  
+-------------
+ in progress
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT txid_status(1); -- BootstrapTransactionId is always committed
+ txid_status 
+-------------
+ committed
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT txid_status(2); -- FrozenTransactionId is always committed
+ txid_status 
+-------------
+ committed
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT txid_status(3); -- in regress testing FirstNormalTransactionId will always be behind oldestXmin
+ txid_status 
+-------------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
+COMMIT;
+BEGIN;
+CREATE FUNCTION test_future_xid_status(bigint)
+RETURNS void
+LANGUAGE plpgsql
+AS
+$$
+BEGIN
+  PERFORM txid_status($1);
+  RAISE EXCEPTION 'didn''t ERROR at xid in the future as expected';
+EXCEPTION
+  WHEN invalid_parameter_value THEN
+    RAISE NOTICE 'Got expected error for xid in the future';
+END;
+$$;
+SELECT test_future_xid_status(:inprogress + 10000);
+NOTICE:  Got expected error for xid in the future
+ test_future_xid_status 
+------------------------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
+ROLLBACK;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/txid.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/txid.sql
index 4aefd9e64d1bb43ceeada58c6a19f623971f4465..bd6decf0ef4db9505558a24d590e3cd4d3b1d4e7 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/txid.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/txid.sql
@@ -59,3 +59,41 @@ SELECT txid_current_if_assigned() IS NULL;
 SELECT txid_current() \gset
 SELECT txid_current_if_assigned() IS NOT DISTINCT FROM BIGINT :'txid_current';
 COMMIT;
+
+-- test xid status functions
+BEGIN;
+SELECT txid_current() AS committed \gset
+COMMIT;
+
+BEGIN;
+SELECT txid_current() AS rolledback \gset
+ROLLBACK;
+
+BEGIN;
+SELECT txid_current() AS inprogress \gset
+
+SELECT txid_status(:committed) AS committed;
+SELECT txid_status(:rolledback) AS rolledback;
+SELECT txid_status(:inprogress) AS inprogress;
+SELECT txid_status(1); -- BootstrapTransactionId is always committed
+SELECT txid_status(2); -- FrozenTransactionId is always committed
+SELECT txid_status(3); -- in regress testing FirstNormalTransactionId will always be behind oldestXmin
+
+COMMIT;
+
+BEGIN;
+CREATE FUNCTION test_future_xid_status(bigint)
+RETURNS void
+LANGUAGE plpgsql
+AS
+$$
+BEGIN
+  PERFORM txid_status($1);
+  RAISE EXCEPTION 'didn''t ERROR at xid in the future as expected';
+EXCEPTION
+  WHEN invalid_parameter_value THEN
+    RAISE NOTICE 'Got expected error for xid in the future';
+END;
+$$;
+SELECT test_future_xid_status(:inprogress + 10000);
+ROLLBACK;