I committed 0001-0003.  Here is a new version of the last two patches.
Some notes:

* Instead of renaming recheck_relation_needs_vacanalyze(), I followed
Álvaro's suggestion to remove that function and instead fetch the stats
within relation_needs_vacanalyze() itself.

* Per your feedback, I renamed the view back to pg_stat_autovacuum_scores.

* Instead of limiting the view to pg_read_all_stats, I've left it
accessible to all users.  AFAICT there's nothing sensitive here.

* I reworked the column descriptions a bit to make it clear that values >=
1.0 mean autovacuum will process it (except if autovacuum is disabled).

WDYT?

-- 
nathan
>From de3f07ff7f3c765bd5a63b97ed90f19a5c131579 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 14:17:11 -0500
Subject: [PATCH v9 1/2] refactor autovacuum subroutine in preparation for
 system view

---
 src/backend/postmaster/autovacuum.c | 73 ++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/autovacuum.c 
b/src/backend/postmaster/autovacuum.c
index 8400e6722cc..1be1ba8a25f 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/autovacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/autovacuum.c
@@ -370,13 +370,8 @@ static void FreeWorkerInfo(int code, Datum arg);
 static autovac_table *table_recheck_autovac(Oid relid, HTAB *table_toast_map,
                                                                                
        TupleDesc pg_class_desc,
                                                                                
        int effective_multixact_freeze_max_age);
-static void recheck_relation_needs_vacanalyze(Oid relid, AutoVacOpts *avopts,
-                                                                               
          Form_pg_class classForm,
-                                                                               
          int effective_multixact_freeze_max_age,
-                                                                               
          bool *dovacuum, bool *doanalyze, bool *wraparound);
 static void relation_needs_vacanalyze(Oid relid, AutoVacOpts *relopts,
                                                                          
Form_pg_class classForm,
-                                                                         
PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry,
                                                                          int 
effective_multixact_freeze_max_age,
                                                                          int 
elevel,
                                                                          bool 
*dovacuum, bool *doanalyze, bool *wraparound,
@@ -2029,7 +2024,6 @@ do_autovacuum(void)
        while ((tuple = heap_getnext(relScan, ForwardScanDirection)) != NULL)
        {
                Form_pg_class classForm = (Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(tuple);
-               PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
                AutoVacOpts *relopts;
                Oid                     relid;
                bool            dovacuum;
@@ -2070,11 +2064,9 @@ do_autovacuum(void)
 
                /* Fetch reloptions and the pgstat entry for this table */
                relopts = extract_autovac_opts(tuple, pg_class_desc);
-               tabentry = 
pgstat_fetch_stat_tabentry_ext(classForm->relisshared,
-                                                                               
                  relid);
 
                /* Check if it needs vacuum or analyze */
-               relation_needs_vacanalyze(relid, relopts, classForm, tabentry,
+               relation_needs_vacanalyze(relid, relopts, classForm,
                                                                  
effective_multixact_freeze_max_age,
                                                                  DEBUG3,
                                                                  &dovacuum, 
&doanalyze, &wraparound,
@@ -2121,8 +2113,6 @@ do_autovacuum(void)
                /* Release stuff to avoid per-relation leakage */
                if (relopts)
                        pfree(relopts);
-               if (tabentry)
-                       pfree(tabentry);
        }
 
        table_endscan(relScan);
@@ -2137,7 +2127,6 @@ do_autovacuum(void)
        while ((tuple = heap_getnext(relScan, ForwardScanDirection)) != NULL)
        {
                Form_pg_class classForm = (Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(tuple);
-               PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
                Oid                     relid;
                AutoVacOpts *relopts;
                bool            free_relopts = false;
@@ -2171,11 +2160,7 @@ do_autovacuum(void)
                                relopts = &hentry->ar_reloptions;
                }
 
-               /* Fetch the pgstat entry for this table */
-               tabentry = 
pgstat_fetch_stat_tabentry_ext(classForm->relisshared,
-                                                                               
                  relid);
-
-               relation_needs_vacanalyze(relid, relopts, classForm, tabentry,
+               relation_needs_vacanalyze(relid, relopts, classForm,
                                                                  
effective_multixact_freeze_max_age,
                                                                  DEBUG3,
                                                                  &dovacuum, 
&doanalyze, &wraparound,
@@ -2194,8 +2179,6 @@ do_autovacuum(void)
                /* Release stuff to avoid leakage */
                if (free_relopts)
                        pfree(relopts);
-               if (tabentry)
-                       pfree(tabentry);
        }
 
        table_endscan(relScan);
@@ -2834,6 +2817,7 @@ table_recheck_autovac(Oid relid, HTAB *table_toast_map,
        bool            wraparound;
        AutoVacOpts *avopts;
        bool            free_avopts = false;
+       AutoVacuumScores scores;
 
        /* fetch the relation's relcache entry */
        classTup = SearchSysCacheCopy1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
@@ -2859,9 +2843,11 @@ table_recheck_autovac(Oid relid, HTAB *table_toast_map,
                        avopts = &hentry->ar_reloptions;
        }
 
-       recheck_relation_needs_vacanalyze(relid, avopts, classForm,
-                                                                         
effective_multixact_freeze_max_age,
-                                                                         
&dovacuum, &doanalyze, &wraparound);
+       relation_needs_vacanalyze(relid, avopts, classForm,
+                                                         
effective_multixact_freeze_max_age,
+                                                         DEBUG3,
+                                                         &dovacuum, 
&doanalyze, &wraparound,
+                                                         &scores);
 
        /* OK, it needs something done */
        if (doanalyze || dovacuum)
@@ -2970,41 +2956,6 @@ table_recheck_autovac(Oid relid, HTAB *table_toast_map,
        return tab;
 }
 
-/*
- * recheck_relation_needs_vacanalyze
- *
- * Subroutine for table_recheck_autovac.
- *
- * Fetch the pgstat of a relation and recheck whether a relation
- * needs to be vacuumed or analyzed.
- */
-static void
-recheck_relation_needs_vacanalyze(Oid relid,
-                                                                 AutoVacOpts 
*avopts,
-                                                                 Form_pg_class 
classForm,
-                                                                 int 
effective_multixact_freeze_max_age,
-                                                                 bool 
*dovacuum,
-                                                                 bool 
*doanalyze,
-                                                                 bool 
*wraparound)
-{
-       PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
-       AutoVacuumScores scores;
-
-       /* fetch the pgstat table entry */
-       tabentry = pgstat_fetch_stat_tabentry_ext(classForm->relisshared,
-                                                                               
          relid);
-
-       relation_needs_vacanalyze(relid, avopts, classForm, tabentry,
-                                                         
effective_multixact_freeze_max_age,
-                                                         DEBUG3,
-                                                         dovacuum, doanalyze, 
wraparound,
-                                                         &scores);
-
-       /* Release tabentry to avoid leakage */
-       if (tabentry)
-               pfree(tabentry);
-}
-
 /*
  * relation_needs_vacanalyze
  *
@@ -3089,7 +3040,6 @@ static void
 relation_needs_vacanalyze(Oid relid,
                                                  AutoVacOpts *relopts,
                                                  Form_pg_class classForm,
-                                                 PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry,
                                                  int 
effective_multixact_freeze_max_age,
                                                  int elevel,
  /* output params below */
@@ -3098,6 +3048,7 @@ relation_needs_vacanalyze(Oid relid,
                                                  bool *wraparound,
                                                  AutoVacuumScores *scores)
 {
+       PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
        bool            force_vacuum;
        bool            av_enabled;
 
@@ -3265,6 +3216,8 @@ relation_needs_vacanalyze(Oid relid,
         * vacuuming only, so don't vacuum (or analyze) anything that's not 
being
         * forced.
         */
+       tabentry = pgstat_fetch_stat_tabentry_ext(classForm->relisshared,
+                                                                               
          relid);
        if (!tabentry)
                return;
 
@@ -3353,6 +3306,10 @@ relation_needs_vacanalyze(Oid relid,
                         vactuples, vacthresh, scores->vac,
                         anltuples, anlthresh, scores->anl,
                         scores->xid, scores->mxid);
+
+       /* Release tabentry to avoid leakage */
+       if (tabentry)
+               pfree(tabentry);
 }
 
 /*
-- 
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>From edfa049c389e44e5d23a239888f6b0864d2149ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 15:47:19 -0500
Subject: [PATCH v9 2/2] add pg_stat_autovacuum_scores system view

---
 doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml        |   6 ++
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml         | 137 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql |  15 +++
 src/backend/postmaster/autovacuum.c  |  70 ++++++++++++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat      |   7 ++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out  |  12 +++
 6 files changed, 247 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml
index 0d2a28207ed..906aca2c228 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml
@@ -1164,6 +1164,12 @@ analyze threshold = analyze base threshold + analyze 
scale factor * number of tu
      <literal>2.0</literal> effectively doubles the
      <emphasis>analyze</emphasis> component score.
     </para>
+
+    <para>
+     The <link linkend="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
+     <structname>pg_stat_autovacuum_scores</structname></link>
+     view shows the current scores of all tables in the current database.
+    </para>
    </sect3>
   </sect2>
  </sect1>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 312374da5e0..34e3051c400 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -596,6 +596,16 @@ postgres   27093  0.0  0.0  30096  2752 ?        Ss   
11:34   0:00 postgres: ser
       user tables are shown.</entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      
<entry><structname>pg_stat_autovacuum_scores</structname><indexterm><primary>pg_stat_autovacuum_scores</primary></indexterm></entry>
+      <entry>
+       One row for each table in the current database, showing the current
+       autovacuum scores for that specific table.  See
+       <link linkend="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
+       <structname>pg_stat_autovacuum_scores</structname></link> for details.
+      </entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       
<entry><structname>pg_stat_all_indexes</structname><indexterm><primary>pg_stat_all_indexes</primary></indexterm></entry>
       <entry>
@@ -4502,6 +4512,133 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file 
to reach durable storage
 
  </sect2>
 
+ <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
+  <title><structname>pg_stat_autovacuum_scores</structname></title>
+
+  <indexterm>
+   <primary>pg_stat_autovacuum_scores</primary>
+  </indexterm>
+
+  <para>
+   The <structname>pg_stat_autovacuum_scores</structname> view will contain one
+   row for each table in the current database (including TOAST tables), showing
+   the current autovacuum scores for that specific table.  See
+   <xref linkend="autovacuum-priority"/> for more information.
+  </para>
+
+  <table id="pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view" 
xreflabel="pg_stat_autovacuum_scores">
+   <title><structname>pg_stat_autovacuum_scores</structname> View</title>
+   <tgroup cols="1">
+    <thead>
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       Column Type
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Description
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+    </thead>
+
+    <tbody>
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>relid</structfield> <type>oid</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Oid of the table.
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>schemaname</structfield> <type>name</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Name of the schema that the table is in.
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>relname</structfield> <type>name</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Name of the table.
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>score</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Maximum value of all component scores.  This is the value that
+       autovacuum uses to sort the list of tables to process.  Scores greater
+       than or equal to <literal>1.0</literal> indicate the table will be
+       processed (unless autovacuum is disabled and neither
+       <literal>xid_score</literal> nor <literal>mxid_score</literal> are
+       greater than or equal to <literal>1.0</literal>).
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>xid_score</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Transaction ID age component score.  Scores greater than or equal to
+       <literal>1.0</literal> indicate the table will be vacuumed.
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>mxid_score</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Multixact ID age component score.  Scores greater than or equal to
+       <literal>1.0</literal> indicate the table will be vacuumed.
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>vacuum_score</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Vacuum component score.  Scores greater than or equal to
+       <literal>1.0</literal> indicate the table will be vacuumed (unless
+       autovacuum is disabled).
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>vacuum_insert_score</structfield> <type>double 
precision</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Vacuum insert component score.  Scores greater than or equal to
+       <literal>1.0</literal> indicate the table will be vacuumed (unless
+       autovacuum is disabled).
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>analyze_score</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Analyze component score.  Scores greater than or equal to
+       <literal>1.0</literal> indicate the table will be analyzed (unless
+       autovacuum is disabled).
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+    </tbody>
+   </tgroup>
+  </table>
+ </sect2>
+
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-all-indexes-view">
   <title><structname>pg_stat_all_indexes</structname></title>
 
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql 
b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index eba25aa3e4d..5c2f2977965 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -795,6 +795,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_xact_user_tables AS
     WHERE schemaname NOT IN ('pg_catalog', 'information_schema') AND
           schemaname !~ '^pg_toast';
 
+CREATE VIEW pg_stat_autovacuum_scores AS
+    SELECT
+        s.oid AS relid,
+        n.nspname AS schemaname,
+        c.relname AS relname,
+        s.score,
+        s.xid_score,
+        s.mxid_score,
+        s.vacuum_score,
+        s.vacuum_insert_score,
+        s.analyze_score
+    FROM pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores() s
+    JOIN pg_class c on c.oid = s.oid
+    LEFT JOIN pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace;
+
 CREATE VIEW pg_statio_all_tables AS
     SELECT
             C.oid AS relid,
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/autovacuum.c 
b/src/backend/postmaster/autovacuum.c
index 1be1ba8a25f..c6c601dd3ad 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/autovacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/autovacuum.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 #include "catalog/pg_namespace.h"
 #include "commands/vacuum.h"
 #include "common/int.h"
+#include "funcapi.h"
 #include "lib/ilist.h"
 #include "libpq/pqsignal.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@
 #include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timeout.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
+#include "utils/tuplestore.h"
 #include "utils/wait_event.h"
 
 
@@ -3623,3 +3625,71 @@ check_av_worker_gucs(void)
                                 errdetail("The server will only start up to 
\"autovacuum_worker_slots\" (%d) autovacuum workers at a given time.",
                                                   autovacuum_worker_slots)));
 }
+
+/*
+ * pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores
+ *
+ * Returns current autovacuum scores for all relevant tables in the current
+ * database.
+ */
+Datum
+pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       int                     effective_multixact_freeze_max_age;
+       Relation        rel;
+       TableScanDesc scan;
+       HeapTuple       tup;
+       ReturnSetInfo *rsinfo = (ReturnSetInfo *) fcinfo->resultinfo;
+
+       InitMaterializedSRF(fcinfo, 0);
+
+       /* some prerequisite initialization */
+       effective_multixact_freeze_max_age = MultiXactMemberFreezeThreshold();
+       recentXid = ReadNextTransactionId();
+       recentMulti = ReadNextMultiXactId();
+
+       /* scan pg_class */
+       rel = table_open(RelationRelationId, AccessShareLock);
+       scan = table_beginscan_catalog(rel, 0, NULL);
+       while ((tup = heap_getnext(scan, ForwardScanDirection)) != NULL)
+       {
+               Form_pg_class form = (Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(tup);
+               AutoVacOpts *avopts;
+               bool            dovacuum;
+               bool            doanalyze;
+               bool            wraparound;
+               AutoVacuumScores scores;
+               Datum           vals[7];
+               bool            nulls[7] = {false};
+
+               /* skip ineligible entries */
+               if (form->relkind != RELKIND_RELATION &&
+                       form->relkind != RELKIND_MATVIEW &&
+                       form->relkind != RELKIND_TOASTVALUE)
+                       continue;
+               if (form->relpersistence == RELPERSISTENCE_TEMP)
+                       continue;
+
+               avopts = extract_autovac_opts(tup, RelationGetDescr(rel));
+               relation_needs_vacanalyze(form->oid, avopts, form,
+                                                                 
effective_multixact_freeze_max_age, 0,
+                                                                 &dovacuum, 
&doanalyze, &wraparound,
+                                                                 &scores);
+               if (avopts)
+                       pfree(avopts);
+
+               vals[0] = ObjectIdGetDatum(form->oid);
+               vals[1] = Float8GetDatum(scores.max);
+               vals[2] = Float8GetDatum(scores.xid);
+               vals[3] = Float8GetDatum(scores.mxid);
+               vals[4] = Float8GetDatum(scores.vac);
+               vals[5] = Float8GetDatum(scores.vac_ins);
+               vals[6] = Float8GetDatum(scores.anl);
+
+               tuplestore_putvalues(rsinfo->setResult, rsinfo->setDesc, vals, 
nulls);
+       }
+       table_endscan(scan);
+       table_close(rel, AccessShareLock);
+
+       return (Datum) 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index bd177aebfcb..0de3bb52eb2 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,13 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8409', descr => 'autovacuum scores',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores', prorows => '100', proretset => 
't',
+  provolatile => 'v', proparallel => 'u', prorettype => 'record', proargtypes 
=> '',
+  proallargtypes => '{oid,float8,float8,float8,float8,float8,float8}',
+  proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
+  proargnames => 
'{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score}',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out 
b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 81a73c426d2..b167e8d3cab 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1860,6 +1860,18 @@ pg_stat_archiver| SELECT archived_count,
     last_failed_time,
     stats_reset
    FROM pg_stat_get_archiver() s(archived_count, last_archived_wal, 
last_archived_time, failed_count, last_failed_wal, last_failed_time, 
stats_reset);
+pg_stat_autovacuum_scores| SELECT s.oid AS relid,
+    n.nspname AS schemaname,
+    c.relname,
+    s.score,
+    s.xid_score,
+    s.mxid_score,
+    s.vacuum_score,
+    s.vacuum_insert_score,
+    s.analyze_score
+   FROM ((pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores() s(oid, score, xid_score, mxid_score, 
vacuum_score, vacuum_insert_score, analyze_score)
+     JOIN pg_class c ON ((c.oid = s.oid)))
+     LEFT JOIN pg_namespace n ON ((n.oid = c.relnamespace)));
 pg_stat_bgwriter| SELECT pg_stat_get_bgwriter_buf_written_clean() AS 
buffers_clean,
     pg_stat_get_bgwriter_maxwritten_clean() AS maxwritten_clean,
     pg_stat_get_buf_alloc() AS buffers_alloc,
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