vibhorkum/pg_background

Production-grade PostgreSQL extension to execute arbitrary SQL in background worker processes — with async execution, autonomous transactions, cookie-protected handles, cancellation, progress reporting, and observability.

PLpgSQL

257

248 commits

updated Aug 29, 2026

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async
audit-logging
autonomous
autonomous-transactions
background-worker
c
database
etl
parallel-queries
pgextension
plpgsql
postgres
postgresql
postgresql-extension
sql
vacuum

Contributors

vibhorkum

186 commits

Copilot

42 commits

rjuju

8 commits

CyberDem0n

5 commits

Languages

PLpgSQL

62.0%

C

28.6%

Shell

8.7%

vibhorkum/pg_background

Production-grade PostgreSQL extension to execute arbitrary SQL in background worker processes — with async execution, autonomous transactions, cookie-protected handles, cancellation, progress reporting, and observability.

PLpgSQL

257

248 commits

updated Aug 29, 2026

See the code
async
audit-logging
autonomous
autonomous-transactions
background-worker
c
database
etl
parallel-queries
pgextension
plpgsql
postgres
postgresql
postgresql-extension
sql
vacuum

Contributors

vibhorkum

186 commits

Copilot

42 commits

rjuju

8 commits

CyberDem0n

5 commits

Languages

PLpgSQL

62.0%

C

28.6%

Shell

8.7%