TL;DR Starting in 2025.2.0.0 (and backported to 2025.1.3.0), YugabyteDB automatically updates pg_class.reltuples for both the base table and newly created index after […]
Read MoreDemonstrating Hot Shard Detection (and Why a Tablet Can Refuse to Split)
You may see a tablet growing large and repeatedly attempting to split… only to fail with errors like: TABLET_SPLIT_KEY_RANGE_TOO_SMALL Failed to detect […]
Read MoreExploring Range Tablet Placement (and Which Split Point Created Each Tablet)
In a previous tip, we explored how yb_tablet_metadata makes it easy to see tablet leadership and replica placement across a YugabyteDB cluster. […]
Read MoreDoes DDL Block DML? (It Depends on Table-Level Locks)
🧭 What You’ll Learn ● Why DDL may not block DML in YugabyteDB by default ● How behavior changes when table-level locks […]
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