diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 6c73fb439cc4ea6e23e841926adaa6652665c821..da971f5fca673a083f9ec62155df015e5c5499c0 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -6063,6 +6063,26 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv;
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry id="guc-idle-in-transaction-session-timeout" xreflabel="idle_in_transaction_session_timeout">
+ <term><varname>idle_in_transaction_session_timeout</varname> (<type>integer</type>)
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary><varname>idle_in_transaction_session_timeout</> configuration parameter</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Terminate any session with an open transaction that has been idle for
+ longer than the specified duration in milliseconds. This allows any
+ locks held by that session to be released and the connection slot to be reused;
+ it also allows tuples visible only to this transaction to be vacuumed. See
+ <xref linkend="routine-vacuuming"> for more details about this.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The default value of 0 disables this feature.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry id="guc-vacuum-freeze-table-age" xreflabel="vacuum_freeze_table_age">
<term><varname>vacuum_freeze_table_age</varname> (<type>integer</type>)
<indexterm>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml
index dd3c7755309733e5b610c418b5e8de44d78fc816..6352e12ee1eb5c74fa26a8a169db10fe078674a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml
@@ -725,7 +725,9 @@ ERROR: could not serialize access due to read/write dependencies among transact
<listitem>
<para>
Don't leave connections dangling <quote>idle in transaction</quote>
- longer than necessary.
+ longer than necessary. The configuration parameter
+ <xref linkend="guc-idle-in-transaction-session-timeout"> may be used to
+ automatically disconnect lingering sessions.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c
index 74ef4197986347c4975063390669d636e0a4975e..a66e07b7665ef342034904c1829ac75d1f6a9b16 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
int DeadlockTimeout = 1000;
int StatementTimeout = 0;
int LockTimeout = 0;
+int IdleInTransactionSessionTimeout = 0;
bool log_lock_waits = false;
/* Pointer to this process's PGPROC and PGXACT structs, if any */
diff --git a/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c b/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
index 115166b6f6adcd12e1f90bb3164da8b0c7b84149..68811f1f21721bd3c8c20fef131c3195f5d4bb72 100644
--- a/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
+++ b/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
@@ -2978,6 +2978,18 @@ ProcessInterrupts(void)
}
}
+ if (IdleInTransactionSessionTimeoutPending)
+ {
+ /* Has the timeout setting changed since last we looked? */
+ if (IdleInTransactionSessionTimeout > 0)
+ ereport(FATAL,
+ (errcode(ERRCODE_IDLE_IN_TRANSACTION_SESSION_TIMEOUT),
+ errmsg("terminating connection due to idle-in-transaction timeout")));
+ else
+ IdleInTransactionSessionTimeoutPending = false;
+
+ }
+
if (ParallelMessagePending)
HandleParallelMessages();
}
@@ -3553,6 +3565,7 @@ PostgresMain(int argc, char *argv[],
StringInfoData input_message;
sigjmp_buf local_sigjmp_buf;
volatile bool send_ready_for_query = true;
+ bool disable_idle_in_transaction_timeout = false;
/* Initialize startup process environment if necessary. */
if (!IsUnderPostmaster)
@@ -3942,11 +3955,27 @@ PostgresMain(int argc, char *argv[],
{
set_ps_display("idle in transaction (aborted)", false);
pgstat_report_activity(STATE_IDLEINTRANSACTION_ABORTED, NULL);
+
+ /* Start the idle-in-transaction timer */
+ if (IdleInTransactionSessionTimeout > 0)
+ {
+ disable_idle_in_transaction_timeout = true;
+ enable_timeout_after(IDLE_IN_TRANSACTION_SESSION_TIMEOUT,
+ IdleInTransactionSessionTimeout);
+ }
}
else if (IsTransactionOrTransactionBlock())
{
set_ps_display("idle in transaction", false);
pgstat_report_activity(STATE_IDLEINTRANSACTION, NULL);
+
+ /* Start the idle-in-transaction timer */
+ if (IdleInTransactionSessionTimeout > 0)
+ {
+ disable_idle_in_transaction_timeout = true;
+ enable_timeout_after(IDLE_IN_TRANSACTION_SESSION_TIMEOUT,
+ IdleInTransactionSessionTimeout);
+ }
}
else
{
@@ -3987,7 +4016,16 @@ PostgresMain(int argc, char *argv[],
DoingCommandRead = false;
/*
- * (5) check for any other interesting events that happened while we
+ * (5) turn off the idle-in-transaction timeout
+ */
+ if (disable_idle_in_transaction_timeout)
+ {
+ disable_timeout(IDLE_IN_TRANSACTION_SESSION_TIMEOUT, false);
+ disable_idle_in_transaction_timeout = false;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * (6) check for any other interesting events that happened while we
* slept.
*/
if (got_SIGHUP)
@@ -3997,7 +4035,7 @@ PostgresMain(int argc, char *argv[],
}
/*
- * (6) process the command. But ignore it if we're skipping till
+ * (7) process the command. But ignore it if we're skipping till
* Sync.
*/
if (ignore_till_sync && firstchar != EOF)
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/errcodes.txt b/src/backend/utils/errcodes.txt
index 04c9c00a27b02100ce5e590919ee27edff762f0b..1a920e8bd2114df05a204f2c551d7e37c658a2c1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/errcodes.txt
+++ b/src/backend/utils/errcodes.txt
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ Section: Class 25 - Invalid Transaction State
25007 E ERRCODE_SCHEMA_AND_DATA_STATEMENT_MIXING_NOT_SUPPORTED schema_and_data_statement_mixing_not_supported
25P01 E ERRCODE_NO_ACTIVE_SQL_TRANSACTION no_active_sql_transaction
25P02 E ERRCODE_IN_FAILED_SQL_TRANSACTION in_failed_sql_transaction
+25P03 E ERRCODE_IDLE_IN_TRANSACTION_SESSION_TIMEOUT idle_in_transaction_session_timeout
Section: Class 26 - Invalid SQL Statement Name
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/globals.c b/src/backend/utils/init/globals.c
index ccd9c8e7f8724b1386d60fa70b08297a99da9260..597dab430143369d4b61eded6977a4c875cc1e1b 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/init/globals.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/init/globals.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ volatile bool InterruptPending = false;
volatile bool QueryCancelPending = false;
volatile bool ProcDiePending = false;
volatile bool ClientConnectionLost = false;
+volatile bool IdleInTransactionSessionTimeoutPending = false;
volatile uint32 InterruptHoldoffCount = 0;
volatile uint32 QueryCancelHoldoffCount = 0;
volatile uint32 CritSectionCount = 0;
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c
index 6b760d4265b5e6085dea0b839c13f7e5914ada00..b3f1bc46d977d98cad9d68bef3850a8a7ff78107 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ static void InitCommunication(void);
static void ShutdownPostgres(int code, Datum arg);
static void StatementTimeoutHandler(void);
static void LockTimeoutHandler(void);
+static void IdleInTransactionSessionTimeoutHandler(void);
static bool ThereIsAtLeastOneRole(void);
static void process_startup_options(Port *port, bool am_superuser);
static void process_settings(Oid databaseid, Oid roleid);
@@ -597,6 +598,8 @@ InitPostgres(const char *in_dbname, Oid dboid, const char *username,
RegisterTimeout(DEADLOCK_TIMEOUT, CheckDeadLockAlert);
RegisterTimeout(STATEMENT_TIMEOUT, StatementTimeoutHandler);
RegisterTimeout(LOCK_TIMEOUT, LockTimeoutHandler);
+ RegisterTimeout(IDLE_IN_TRANSACTION_SESSION_TIMEOUT,
+ IdleInTransactionSessionTimeoutHandler);
}
/*
@@ -1178,6 +1181,13 @@ LockTimeoutHandler(void)
kill(MyProcPid, SIGINT);
}
+static void
+IdleInTransactionSessionTimeoutHandler(void)
+{
+ IdleInTransactionSessionTimeoutPending = true;
+ InterruptPending = true;
+ SetLatch(MyLatch);
+}
/*
* Returns true if at least one role is defined in this database cluster.
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index f0d4ec165e9a6b5ada7d4cfda317977aa7ea01bd..be9d5cacc07e9a26d1c33fb108ec860747edcd7a 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -2065,6 +2065,17 @@ static struct config_int ConfigureNamesInt[] =
NULL, NULL, NULL
},
+ {
+ {"idle_in_transaction_session_timeout", PGC_USERSET, CLIENT_CONN_STATEMENT,
+ gettext_noop("Sets the maximum allowed duration of any idling transaction."),
+ gettext_noop("A value of 0 turns off the timeout."),
+ GUC_UNIT_MS
+ },
+ &IdleInTransactionSessionTimeout,
+ 0, 0, INT_MAX,
+ NULL, NULL, NULL
+ },
+
{
{"vacuum_freeze_min_age", PGC_USERSET, CLIENT_CONN_STATEMENT,
gettext_noop("Minimum age at which VACUUM should freeze a table row."),
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index ee3d37863ec35216375156335fb6da4aa4e32ef7..a6bb33557cb4722fcdfdd305e77599d5e1f2791a 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@
#session_replication_role = 'origin'
#statement_timeout = 0 # in milliseconds, 0 is disabled
#lock_timeout = 0 # in milliseconds, 0 is disabled
+#idle_in_transaction_session_timeout = 0 # in milliseconds, 0 is disabled
#vacuum_freeze_min_age = 50000000
#vacuum_freeze_table_age = 150000000
#vacuum_multixact_freeze_min_age = 5000000
diff --git a/src/include/miscadmin.h b/src/include/miscadmin.h
index cc7833e6cda9eb72e70c66f0786b74923911b22c..9200f045a24b6e33aea35935be0b5e5924d3eca8 100644
--- a/src/include/miscadmin.h
+++ b/src/include/miscadmin.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
extern PGDLLIMPORT volatile bool InterruptPending;
extern PGDLLIMPORT volatile bool QueryCancelPending;
extern PGDLLIMPORT volatile bool ProcDiePending;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT volatile bool IdleInTransactionSessionTimeoutPending;
extern volatile bool ClientConnectionLost;
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 612fa052be01370a2fa41da62003d406731ebcab..c3b462c94946927674483e0d5972b73b5554fdea 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ extern PGPROC *PreparedXactProcs;
extern int DeadlockTimeout;
extern int StatementTimeout;
extern int LockTimeout;
+extern int IdleInTransactionSessionTimeout;
extern bool log_lock_waits;
diff --git a/src/include/utils/timeout.h b/src/include/utils/timeout.h
index 14e9720c8856854b1d8825eb88308ef834d32b72..f64921e2d676fa62713e1353235cbed9113eadf7 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/timeout.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/timeout.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ typedef enum TimeoutId
STANDBY_DEADLOCK_TIMEOUT,
STANDBY_TIMEOUT,
STANDBY_LOCK_TIMEOUT,
+ IDLE_IN_TRANSACTION_SESSION_TIMEOUT,
/* First user-definable timeout reason */
USER_TIMEOUT,
/* Maximum number of timeout reasons */