Issues

• Consider an option to build indexes before copying data during table repack

  reorg/pg_repack#485 · Filter by author sawanoboly opened on Aug 19, 2026
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• Question: How to install pg_repack package for old minor versions?

  questionwaiting for author
  reorg/pg_repack#476 · Filter by author Medzon888 opened on Jan 23, 2026
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• Table swap fails due to exclusive lock

  waiting for author
  reorg/pg_repack#472 · Filter by author Alytv13 opened on Dec 8, 2025
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• Index not exist with exit code = 0

  reorg/pg_repack#468 · Filter by author Soni-Harriz opened on Oct 16, 2025

• repack_swap failed due to lock timeout because of autovacuum to prevent wraparound

  enhancement
  reorg/pg_repack#467 · Filter by author vdegtyarevtv opened on Oct 12, 2025
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• Stuck cleanup phase if pg_repack loses connection during data copy (with --no-kill-backend)

  enhancement
  reorg/pg_repack#456 · Filter by author boosterKRD opened on Jun 2, 2025
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• pg_repack needs superuser/DBA help even after making it as trusted extension

  reorg/pg_repack#453 · Filter by author harinath001 opened on Apr 21, 2025

• When I used pg_repack on a timescaledb hypertable, the following error occurred.

  reorg/pg_repack#448 · Filter by author s0214lx opened on Mar 16, 2025
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• Lock issue with 1.5.1 on partitioned table repack

  waiting for author
  reorg/pg_repack#435 · Filter by author ankitml opened on Dec 13, 2024
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• Locking issue while creating indexes

  reorg/pg_repack#430 · Filter by author yusufnar opened on Oct 28, 2024
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• copy_data fail if table definition changed after copy_data SQL string saved to memory in repack_one_database()

  enhancement
  reorg/pg_repack#421 · Filter by author zhanghien opened on Sep 4, 2024 · 1.6.0

• Table size increase post pg_repack and other queries

  reorg/pg_repack#418 · Filter by author Clnchandrika opened on Aug 31, 2024
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• pg_repack failure with ERROR SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL on AWS Aurora Postgresql 14.10

  reorg/pg_repack#415 · Filter by author racha2793 opened on Aug 21, 2024

• Segmentation fault in Postgres 16

  reorg/pg_repack#407 · Filter by author nkPit opened on Jul 1, 2024
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• Uninstall and reinstall for upgrades

  needs more work
  reorg/pg_repack#397 · Filter by author andreasscherbaum opened on May 3, 2024
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• Error if the table is renamed concurrently during repacking

  enhancement
  reorg/pg_repack#391 · Filter by author zhanghien opened on Apr 11, 2024

• Notices in pg_repack1.4.5 logs for AWS Aurora PostgreSQL 12.8 indicate waiting for transactions to finish with specific PIDs unrelated to the table being repacked.

  reorg/pg_repack#381 · Filter by author Cdkhanna opened on Feb 22, 2024
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• Missing changes in swap_head_or_index_files()

  enhancement
  reorg/pg_repack#378 · Filter by author za-arthur opened on Jan 5, 2024

• Refactor lib/pg_repack.sql.in

  enhancement
  reorg/pg_repack#369 · Filter by author za-arthur opened on Oct 24, 2023

• Overriding idle_in_transaction_session_timeout doesn't seem to work properly

  enhancement
  reorg/pg_repack#366 · Filter by author franciscoreinolds opened on Oct 16, 2023
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• pg_repack use SeqScan for read table. Can we use Parallel Seq Scan like the Command Copy does?

  enhancement
  reorg/pg_repack#365 · Filter by author VladMak opened on Oct 11, 2023
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• Exists orphan files in secondary server after the repack.

  bug
  reorg/pg_repack#362 · Filter by author luannnh opened on Jun 30, 2023
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• simple_prompt() hangs because SIGINT handler was overridden

  bug
  reorg/pg_repack#356 · Filter by author za-arthur opened on Jun 7, 2023

• Conflicting transaction is not terminated if it is open during pg_repack execution

  needs more work
  reorg/pg_repack#311 · Filter by author picigin opened on May 24, 2022

• pg_repack is not terminating conflicting queries when repacking only indexes

  reorg/pg_repack#310 · Filter by author picigin opened on May 24, 2022
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