What is a dead tuple?



What is a dead tuple?..

Answer / Bhawana Tripathi

A dead tuple in PostgreSQL is a row that has been deleted but has not yet been removed from the table due to WAL (Write-Ahead Logging) or checkpointing delays. Dead tuples can cause bloat and impact performance.

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