pg_background

pg_background : Run SQL queries in the background

Overview

ID	Extension	Package	Version	Category	License	Language
1100	pg_background	pg_background	`1.5`	TIME	GPL-3.0	C

Attribute	Has Binary	Has Library	Need Load	Has DDL	Relocatable	Trusted
--s-d-r	No	Yes	No	Yes	yes	no

Relationships
See Also	pg_cron pg_task pg_later pgq timescaledb timescaledb_toolkit timeseries periods

Packages

Type	Repo	Version	PG Major Compatibility	Package Pattern	Dependencies
EXT	MIXED	`1.5`	18 17 16 15 14 13	`pg_background`	-
RPM	PGDG	`1.5`	18 17 16 15 14 13	`pg_background_$v*`	-
DEB	PIGSTY	`1.5`	18 17 16 15 14 13	`postgresql-$v-pg-background`	-

Linux / PG	PG18	PG17	PG16	PG15	PG14	PG13
el8.x86_64	PGDG 1.5	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3
el8.aarch64	PGDG 1.5	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3
el9.x86_64	PGDG 1.5	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3
el9.aarch64	PGDG 1.5	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3
el10.x86_64	PGDG 1.5	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3
el10.aarch64	PGDG 1.5	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3	PGDG 1.3
d12.x86_64	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5
d12.aarch64	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5
d13.x86_64	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5
d13.aarch64	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5
u22.x86_64	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5
u22.aarch64	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5
u24.x86_64	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5
u24.aarch64	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5	PIGSTY 1.5

Package	Version	OS	ORG	SIZE	File URL
`pg_background_18`	`1.5`	el8.x86_64	pgdg	22.5 KiB	pg_background_18-1.5-1PGDG.rhel8.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_18`	`1.5`	el8.aarch64	pgdg	22.0 KiB	pg_background_18-1.5-1PGDG.rhel8.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_18`	`1.5`	el9.x86_64	pgdg	22.7 KiB	pg_background_18-1.5-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_18`	`1.5`	el9.aarch64	pgdg	22.0 KiB	pg_background_18-1.5-1PGDG.rhel9.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_18`	`1.5`	el10.x86_64	pgdg	23.1 KiB	pg_background_18-1.5-1PGDG.rhel10.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_18`	`1.5`	el10.aarch64	pgdg	22.6 KiB	pg_background_18-1.5-1PGDG.rhel10.aarch64.rpm
`postgresql-18-pg-background`	`1.5`	d12.x86_64	pigsty	41.0 KiB	postgresql-18-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~bookworm_amd64.deb
`postgresql-18-pg-background`	`1.5`	d12.aarch64	pigsty	39.8 KiB	postgresql-18-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~bookworm_arm64.deb
`postgresql-18-pg-background`	`1.5`	d13.x86_64	pigsty	40.9 KiB	postgresql-18-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~trixie_amd64.deb
`postgresql-18-pg-background`	`1.5`	d13.aarch64	pigsty	39.9 KiB	postgresql-18-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~trixie_arm64.deb
`postgresql-18-pg-background`	`1.5`	u22.x86_64	pigsty	44.9 KiB	postgresql-18-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~jammy_amd64.deb
`postgresql-18-pg-background`	`1.5`	u22.aarch64	pigsty	44.0 KiB	postgresql-18-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~jammy_arm64.deb
`postgresql-18-pg-background`	`1.5`	u24.x86_64	pigsty	42.9 KiB	postgresql-18-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~noble_amd64.deb
`postgresql-18-pg-background`	`1.5`	u24.aarch64	pigsty	41.9 KiB	postgresql-18-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~noble_arm64.deb

Package	Version	OS	ORG	SIZE	File URL
`pg_background_17`	`1.3`	el8.x86_64	pgdg	21.9 KiB	pg_background_17-1.3-1PGDG.rhel8.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_17`	`1.2`	el8.x86_64	pgdg	20.1 KiB	pg_background_17-1.2-2PGDG.rhel8.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_17`	`1.3`	el8.aarch64	pgdg	21.3 KiB	pg_background_17-1.3-1PGDG.rhel8.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_17`	`1.2`	el8.aarch64	pgdg	19.6 KiB	pg_background_17-1.2-2PGDG.rhel8.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_17`	`1.3`	el9.x86_64	pgdg	22.3 KiB	pg_background_17-1.3-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_17`	`1.2`	el9.x86_64	pgdg	20.5 KiB	pg_background_17-1.2-2PGDG.rhel9.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_17`	`1.3`	el9.aarch64	pgdg	21.6 KiB	pg_background_17-1.3-1PGDG.rhel9.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_17`	`1.2`	el9.aarch64	pgdg	19.9 KiB	pg_background_17-1.2-2PGDG.rhel9.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_17`	`1.3`	el10.x86_64	pgdg	22.8 KiB	pg_background_17-1.3-3PGDG.rhel10.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_17`	`1.3`	el10.aarch64	pgdg	22.3 KiB	pg_background_17-1.3-3PGDG.rhel10.aarch64.rpm
`postgresql-17-pg-background`	`1.5`	d12.x86_64	pigsty	41.0 KiB	postgresql-17-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~bookworm_amd64.deb
`postgresql-17-pg-background`	`1.5`	d12.aarch64	pigsty	39.8 KiB	postgresql-17-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~bookworm_arm64.deb
`postgresql-17-pg-background`	`1.5`	d13.x86_64	pigsty	40.9 KiB	postgresql-17-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~trixie_amd64.deb
`postgresql-17-pg-background`	`1.5`	d13.aarch64	pigsty	39.9 KiB	postgresql-17-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~trixie_arm64.deb
`postgresql-17-pg-background`	`1.5`	u22.x86_64	pigsty	48.8 KiB	postgresql-17-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~jammy_amd64.deb
`postgresql-17-pg-background`	`1.5`	u22.aarch64	pigsty	48.0 KiB	postgresql-17-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~jammy_arm64.deb
`postgresql-17-pg-background`	`1.5`	u24.x86_64	pigsty	42.8 KiB	postgresql-17-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~noble_amd64.deb
`postgresql-17-pg-background`	`1.5`	u24.aarch64	pigsty	41.9 KiB	postgresql-17-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~noble_arm64.deb

Package	Version	OS	ORG	SIZE	File URL
`pg_background_16`	`1.3`	el8.x86_64	pgdg	21.9 KiB	pg_background_16-1.3-1PGDG.rhel8.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_16`	`1.2`	el8.x86_64	pgdg	19.7 KiB	pg_background_16-1.2-1PGDG.rhel8.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_16`	`1.3`	el8.aarch64	pgdg	21.3 KiB	pg_background_16-1.3-1PGDG.rhel8.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_16`	`1.2`	el8.aarch64	pgdg	19.2 KiB	pg_background_16-1.2-1PGDG.rhel8.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_16`	`1.3`	el9.x86_64	pgdg	22.3 KiB	pg_background_16-1.3-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_16`	`1.2`	el9.x86_64	pgdg	19.9 KiB	pg_background_16-1.2-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_16`	`1.3`	el9.aarch64	pgdg	21.6 KiB	pg_background_16-1.3-1PGDG.rhel9.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_16`	`1.2`	el9.aarch64	pgdg	19.2 KiB	pg_background_16-1.2-1PGDG.rhel9.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_16`	`1.3`	el10.x86_64	pgdg	22.8 KiB	pg_background_16-1.3-3PGDG.rhel10.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_16`	`1.3`	el10.aarch64	pgdg	22.4 KiB	pg_background_16-1.3-3PGDG.rhel10.aarch64.rpm
`postgresql-16-pg-background`	`1.5`	d12.x86_64	pigsty	41.0 KiB	postgresql-16-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~bookworm_amd64.deb
`postgresql-16-pg-background`	`1.5`	d12.aarch64	pigsty	39.8 KiB	postgresql-16-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~bookworm_arm64.deb
`postgresql-16-pg-background`	`1.5`	d13.x86_64	pigsty	41.0 KiB	postgresql-16-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~trixie_amd64.deb
`postgresql-16-pg-background`	`1.5`	d13.aarch64	pigsty	39.8 KiB	postgresql-16-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~trixie_arm64.deb
`postgresql-16-pg-background`	`1.5`	u22.x86_64	pigsty	48.7 KiB	postgresql-16-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~jammy_amd64.deb
`postgresql-16-pg-background`	`1.5`	u22.aarch64	pigsty	47.9 KiB	postgresql-16-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~jammy_arm64.deb
`postgresql-16-pg-background`	`1.5`	u24.x86_64	pigsty	42.8 KiB	postgresql-16-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~noble_amd64.deb
`postgresql-16-pg-background`	`1.5`	u24.aarch64	pigsty	41.8 KiB	postgresql-16-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~noble_arm64.deb

Package	Version	OS	ORG	SIZE	File URL
`pg_background_15`	`1.3`	el8.x86_64	pgdg	21.9 KiB	pg_background_15-1.3-1PGDG.rhel8.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_15`	`1.2`	el8.x86_64	pgdg	19.6 KiB	pg_background_15-1.2-1PGDG.rhel8.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_15`	`1.0`	el8.x86_64	pgdg	39.3 KiB	pg_background_15-1.0-1.rhel8.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_15`	`1.3`	el8.aarch64	pgdg	21.2 KiB	pg_background_15-1.3-1PGDG.rhel8.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_15`	`1.2`	el8.aarch64	pgdg	19.2 KiB	pg_background_15-1.2-1PGDG.rhel8.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_15`	`1.0`	el8.aarch64	pgdg	38.7 KiB	pg_background_15-1.0-1.rhel8.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_15`	`1.3`	el9.x86_64	pgdg	22.2 KiB	pg_background_15-1.3-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_15`	`1.2`	el9.x86_64	pgdg	19.9 KiB	pg_background_15-1.2-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_15`	`1.0`	el9.x86_64	pgdg	40.6 KiB	pg_background_15-1.0-1.rhel9.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_15`	`1.3`	el9.aarch64	pgdg	21.6 KiB	pg_background_15-1.3-1PGDG.rhel9.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_15`	`1.2`	el9.aarch64	pgdg	19.1 KiB	pg_background_15-1.2-1PGDG.rhel9.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_15`	`1.0`	el9.aarch64	pgdg	39.7 KiB	pg_background_15-1.0-1.rhel9.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_15`	`1.3`	el10.x86_64	pgdg	22.8 KiB	pg_background_15-1.3-3PGDG.rhel10.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_15`	`1.3`	el10.aarch64	pgdg	22.3 KiB	pg_background_15-1.3-3PGDG.rhel10.aarch64.rpm
`postgresql-15-pg-background`	`1.5`	d12.x86_64	pigsty	40.9 KiB	postgresql-15-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~bookworm_amd64.deb
`postgresql-15-pg-background`	`1.5`	d12.aarch64	pigsty	39.8 KiB	postgresql-15-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~bookworm_arm64.deb
`postgresql-15-pg-background`	`1.5`	d13.x86_64	pigsty	40.9 KiB	postgresql-15-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~trixie_amd64.deb
`postgresql-15-pg-background`	`1.5`	d13.aarch64	pigsty	39.8 KiB	postgresql-15-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~trixie_arm64.deb
`postgresql-15-pg-background`	`1.5`	u22.x86_64	pigsty	48.7 KiB	postgresql-15-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~jammy_amd64.deb
`postgresql-15-pg-background`	`1.5`	u22.aarch64	pigsty	47.8 KiB	postgresql-15-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~jammy_arm64.deb
`postgresql-15-pg-background`	`1.5`	u24.x86_64	pigsty	42.8 KiB	postgresql-15-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~noble_amd64.deb
`postgresql-15-pg-background`	`1.5`	u24.aarch64	pigsty	41.8 KiB	postgresql-15-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~noble_arm64.deb

Package	Version	OS	ORG	SIZE	File URL
`pg_background_14`	`1.3`	el8.x86_64	pgdg	21.9 KiB	pg_background_14-1.3-1PGDG.rhel8.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_14`	`1.0`	el8.x86_64	pgdg	39.6 KiB	pg_background_14-1.0-1.rhel8.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_14`	`1.3`	el8.aarch64	pgdg	21.2 KiB	pg_background_14-1.3-1PGDG.rhel8.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_14`	`1.0`	el8.aarch64	pgdg	38.6 KiB	pg_background_14-1.0-1.rhel8.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_14`	`1.3`	el9.x86_64	pgdg	22.2 KiB	pg_background_14-1.3-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_14`	`1.2`	el9.x86_64	pgdg	19.9 KiB	pg_background_14-1.2-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_14`	`1.3`	el9.aarch64	pgdg	21.6 KiB	pg_background_14-1.3-1PGDG.rhel9.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_14`	`1.0`	el9.aarch64	pgdg	39.5 KiB	pg_background_14-1.0-1.rhel9.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_14`	`1.3`	el10.x86_64	pgdg	22.8 KiB	pg_background_14-1.3-3PGDG.rhel10.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_14`	`1.3`	el10.aarch64	pgdg	22.4 KiB	pg_background_14-1.3-3PGDG.rhel10.aarch64.rpm
`postgresql-14-pg-background`	`1.5`	d12.x86_64	pigsty	41.0 KiB	postgresql-14-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~bookworm_amd64.deb
`postgresql-14-pg-background`	`1.5`	d12.aarch64	pigsty	39.7 KiB	postgresql-14-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~bookworm_arm64.deb
`postgresql-14-pg-background`	`1.5`	d13.x86_64	pigsty	40.9 KiB	postgresql-14-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~trixie_amd64.deb
`postgresql-14-pg-background`	`1.5`	d13.aarch64	pigsty	39.8 KiB	postgresql-14-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~trixie_arm64.deb
`postgresql-14-pg-background`	`1.5`	u22.x86_64	pigsty	48.7 KiB	postgresql-14-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~jammy_amd64.deb
`postgresql-14-pg-background`	`1.5`	u22.aarch64	pigsty	47.8 KiB	postgresql-14-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~jammy_arm64.deb
`postgresql-14-pg-background`	`1.5`	u24.x86_64	pigsty	42.8 KiB	postgresql-14-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~noble_amd64.deb
`postgresql-14-pg-background`	`1.5`	u24.aarch64	pigsty	41.8 KiB	postgresql-14-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~noble_arm64.deb

Package	Version	OS	ORG	SIZE	File URL
`pg_background_13`	`1.3`	el8.x86_64	pgdg	21.8 KiB	pg_background_13-1.3-1PGDG.rhel8.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_13`	`1.0`	el8.x86_64	pgdg	39.1 KiB	pg_background_13-1.0-1.rhel8.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_13`	`1.3`	el8.aarch64	pgdg	21.2 KiB	pg_background_13-1.3-1PGDG.rhel8.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_13`	`1.0`	el8.aarch64	pgdg	38.4 KiB	pg_background_13-1.0-1.rhel8.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_13`	`1.3`	el9.x86_64	pgdg	22.2 KiB	pg_background_13-1.3-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_13`	`1.2`	el9.x86_64	pgdg	19.9 KiB	pg_background_13-1.2-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_13`	`1.3`	el9.aarch64	pgdg	21.6 KiB	pg_background_13-1.3-1PGDG.rhel9.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_13`	`1.0`	el9.aarch64	pgdg	39.4 KiB	pg_background_13-1.0-1.rhel9.aarch64.rpm
`pg_background_13`	`1.3`	el10.x86_64	pgdg	22.8 KiB	pg_background_13-1.3-3PGDG.rhel10.x86_64.rpm
`pg_background_13`	`1.3`	el10.aarch64	pgdg	22.3 KiB	pg_background_13-1.3-3PGDG.rhel10.aarch64.rpm
`postgresql-13-pg-background`	`1.5`	d12.x86_64	pigsty	40.6 KiB	postgresql-13-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~bookworm_amd64.deb
`postgresql-13-pg-background`	`1.5`	d12.aarch64	pigsty	39.8 KiB	postgresql-13-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~bookworm_arm64.deb
`postgresql-13-pg-background`	`1.5`	d13.x86_64	pigsty	40.6 KiB	postgresql-13-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~trixie_amd64.deb
`postgresql-13-pg-background`	`1.5`	d13.aarch64	pigsty	39.9 KiB	postgresql-13-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~trixie_arm64.deb
`postgresql-13-pg-background`	`1.5`	u22.x86_64	pigsty	48.4 KiB	postgresql-13-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~jammy_amd64.deb
`postgresql-13-pg-background`	`1.5`	u22.aarch64	pigsty	47.3 KiB	postgresql-13-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~jammy_arm64.deb
`postgresql-13-pg-background`	`1.5`	u24.x86_64	pigsty	42.5 KiB	postgresql-13-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~noble_amd64.deb
`postgresql-13-pg-background`	`1.5`	u24.aarch64	pigsty	41.9 KiB	postgresql-13-pg-background_1.5-1PIGSTY~noble_arm64.deb

Source

Repository

github.com/vibhorkum/pg_background

Source Tarball

pg_background-1.5.tar.gz

pig build pkg pg_background;		# build spec not ready

Install

Make sure PGDG and PIGSTY repo available:

pig repo add pgdg pigsty -u   # add both repo and update cache

Install this extension with pig:

pig install pg_background;		# install via package name, for the active PG version

pig install pg_background -v 18;   # install for PG 18
pig install pg_background -v 17;   # install for PG 17
pig install pg_background -v 16;   # install for PG 16
pig install pg_background -v 15;   # install for PG 15
pig install pg_background -v 14;   # install for PG 14
pig install pg_background -v 13;   # install for PG 13

Create this extension with:

CREATE EXTENSION pg_background;

Last updated on 2025-11-10

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