From 26dca9affeefa274d46f0e77847e0621f4caa58e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Baji Shaik <baji.pgdev@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:35:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix vacuumdb --missing-stats-only false positive for
 partitioned expression indexes

vacuumdb --missing-stats-only incorrectly flags partitioned tables
with expression indexes on every run, regardless of whether stats
are current.  The expression-index subquery checks for pg_statistic
entries with stainherit matching p.inherited, but partitioned indexes
never accumulate their own stats (only leaf indexes do).

Fix by adding NOT p.inherited to the expression-index existence check.

Author: Baji Shaik <baji.pgdev@gmail.com>
---
 src/bin/scripts/vacuuming.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/vacuuming.c b/src/bin/scripts/vacuuming.c
index 37608806056..17bb5eb571c 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/vacuuming.c
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/vacuuming.c
@@ -727,9 +727,11 @@ retrieve_objects(PGconn *conn, vacuumingOptions *vacopts,
 							 " WHERE d.stxoid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) e.oid\n"
 							 " AND d.stxdinherit OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) p.inherited))\n");
 
-		/* expression indexes */
+		/* expression indexes (skip for partitioned tables; their partitioned
+		 * indexes don't accumulate stats -- only leaf partition indexes do) */
 		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
-							 " OR EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_attribute a\n"
+							 " OR (NOT p.inherited"
+							 " AND EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_attribute a\n"
 							 " JOIN pg_catalog.pg_index i"
 							 " ON i.indexrelid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) a.attrelid\n"
 							 " WHERE i.indrelid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) c.oid\n"
@@ -741,7 +743,7 @@ retrieve_objects(PGconn *conn, vacuumingOptions *vacopts,
 							 " AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_statistic s\n"
 							 " WHERE s.starelid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) a.attrelid\n"
 							 " AND s.staattnum OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) a.attnum\n"
-							 " AND s.stainherit OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) p.inherited))\n");
+							 " AND s.stainherit OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) p.inherited)))\n");
 
 		/* inheritance and regular stats */
 		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
-- 
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)

