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919919 <tbody>
920920 <row>
921921 <entry><literal>Activity</literal></entry>
922- <entry>The server process is idle. This is used by
923- system processes waiting for activity in their main processing loop.
924- <literal>wait_event</literal> will identify the specific wait point.
925- See <xref linkend="wait-event-activity-table"/>.
922+ <entry>The server process is idle. This event type indicates a process
923+ waiting for activity in its main processing loop.
924+ <literal>wait_event</literal> will identify the specific wait point;
925+ see <xref linkend="wait-event-activity-table"/>.
926926 </entry>
927927 </row>
928928 <row>
929929 <entry><literal>BufferPin</literal></entry>
930- <entry>The server process is waiting to access to
931- a data buffer during a period when no other process can be
932- examining that buffer. Buffer pin waits can be protracted if
933- another process holds an open cursor which last read data from the
930+ <entry>The server process is waiting for exclusive access to
931+ a data buffer. Buffer pin waits can be protracted if
932+ another process holds an open cursor that last read data from the
934933 buffer in question. See <xref linkend="wait-event-bufferpin-table"/>.
935934 </entry>
936935 </row>
937936 <row>
938937 <entry><literal>Client</literal></entry>
939- <entry>The server process is waiting for some activity
940- on a socket from user applications, and that the server expects
941- something to happen that is independent from its internal processes.
942- <literal>wait_event</literal> will identify the specific wait point.
943- See <xref linkend="wait-event-client-table"/>.
938+ <entry>The server process is waiting for activity on a socket
939+ connected to a user application. Thus, the server expects something
940+ to happen that is independent of its internal processes.
941+ <literal>wait_event</literal> will identify the specific wait point;
942+ see <xref linkend="wait-event-client-table"/>.
944943 </entry>
945944 </row>
946945 <row>
947946 <entry><literal>Extension</literal></entry>
948- <entry>The server process is waiting for activity
949- in an extension module. This category is useful for modules to
950- track custom waiting points.
947+ <entry>The server process is waiting for some condition defined by an
948+ extension module.
951949 See <xref linkend="wait-event-extension-table"/>.
952950 </entry>
953951 </row>
954952 <row>
955953 <entry><literal>IO</literal></entry>
956- <entry>The server process is waiting for a IO to complete.
957- <literal>wait_event</literal> will identify the specific wait point.
958- See <xref linkend="wait-event-io-table"/>.
954+ <entry>The server process is waiting for an I/O operation to complete.
955+ <literal>wait_event</literal> will identify the specific wait point;
956+ see <xref linkend="wait-event-io-table"/>.
959957 </entry>
960958 </row>
961959 <row>
962960 <entry><literal>IPC</literal></entry>
963- <entry>The server process is waiting for some activity
964- from another process in the server. <literal>wait_event</literal> will
965- identify the specific wait point.
966- See <xref linkend="wait-event-ipc-table"/>.
961+ <entry>The server process is waiting for some interaction with
962+ another server process . <literal>wait_event</literal> will
963+ identify the specific wait point;
964+ see <xref linkend="wait-event-ipc-table"/>.
967965 </entry>
968966 </row>
969967 <row>
970968 <entry><literal>Lock</literal></entry>
971- <entry>The backend is waiting for a heavyweight lock.
969+ <entry>The server process is waiting for a heavyweight lock.
972970 Heavyweight locks, also known as lock manager locks or simply locks,
973971 primarily protect SQL-visible objects such as tables. However,
974972 they are also used to ensure mutual exclusion for certain internal
975973 operations such as relation extension. <literal>wait_event</literal>
976- will identify the type of lock awaited.
977- See <xref linkend="wait-event-lock-table"/>.
974+ will identify the type of lock awaited;
975+ see <xref linkend="wait-event-lock-table"/>.
978976 </entry>
979977 </row>
980978 <row>
981979 <entry><literal>LWLock</literal></entry>
982- <entry> The backend is waiting for a lightweight lock.
983- Each such lock protects a particular data structure in shared memory.
980+ <entry> The server process is waiting for a lightweight lock.
981+ Most such locks protect a particular data structure in shared memory.
984982 <literal>wait_event</literal> will contain a name identifying the purpose
985983 of the lightweight lock. (Some locks have specific names; others
986984 are part of a group of locks each with a similar purpose.)
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991989 <entry><literal>Timeout</literal></entry>
992990 <entry>The server process is waiting for a timeout
993991 to expire. <literal>wait_event</literal> will identify the specific wait
994- point. See <xref linkend="wait-event-timeout-table"/>.
992+ point; see <xref linkend="wait-event-timeout-table"/>.
995993 </entry>
996994 </row>
997995 </tbody>
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10111009 <tbody>
10121010 <row>
10131011 <entry><literal>ArchiverMain</literal></entry>
1014- <entry>Waiting in main loop of the archiver process.</entry>
1012+ <entry>Waiting in main loop of archiver process.</entry>
10151013 </row>
10161014 <row>
10171015 <entry><literal>AutoVacuumMain</literal></entry>
@@ -1023,28 +1021,28 @@ postgres 27093 0.0 0.0 30096 2752 ? Ss 11:34 0:00 postgres: ser
10231021 </row>
10241022 <row>
10251023 <entry><literal>BgWriterMain</literal></entry>
1026- <entry>Waiting in main loop of background writer process background
1027- worker.</entry>
1024+ <entry>Waiting in main loop of background writer process.</entry>
10281025 </row>
10291026 <row>
10301027 <entry><literal>CheckpointerMain</literal></entry>
10311028 <entry>Waiting in main loop of checkpointer process.</entry>
10321029 </row>
10331030 <row>
10341031 <entry><literal>LogicalApplyMain</literal></entry>
1035- <entry>Waiting in main loop of logical apply process.</entry>
1032+ <entry>Waiting in main loop of logical replication apply process.</entry>
10361033 </row>
10371034 <row>
10381035 <entry><literal>LogicalLauncherMain</literal></entry>
1039- <entry>Waiting in main loop of logical launcher process.</entry>
1036+ <entry>Waiting in main loop of logical replication launcher process.</entry>
10401037 </row>
10411038 <row>
10421039 <entry><literal>PgStatMain</literal></entry>
1043- <entry>Waiting in main loop of the statistics collector process.</entry>
1040+ <entry>Waiting in main loop of statistics collector process.</entry>
10441041 </row>
10451042 <row>
10461043 <entry><literal>RecoveryWalStream</literal></entry>
1047- <entry>Waiting for WAL from a stream at recovery.</entry>
1044+ <entry>Waiting in main loop of startup process for WAL to arrive, during
1045+ streaming recovery.</entry>
10481046 </row>
10491047 <row>
10501048 <entry><literal>SysLoggerMain</literal></entry>
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10791077 <tbody>
10801078 <row>
10811079 <entry><literal>BufferPin</literal></entry>
1082- <entry>Waiting to acquire a pin on a buffer.</entry>
1080+ <entry>Waiting to acquire an exclusive pin on a buffer.</entry>
10831081 </row>
10841082 </tbody>
10851083 </tgroup>
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11061104 </row>
11071105 <row>
11081106 <entry><literal>GSSOpenServer</literal></entry>
1109- <entry>Waiting to read data from the client while establishing the GSSAPI
1107+ <entry>Waiting to read data from the client while establishing a GSSAPI
11101108 session.</entry>
11111109 </row>
11121110 <row>
@@ -1708,14 +1706,14 @@ postgres 27093 0.0 0.0 30096 2752 ? Ss 11:34 0:00 postgres: ser
17081706 </row>
17091707 <row>
17101708 <entry><literal>page</literal></entry>
1711- <entry>Waiting to acquire a lock on page of a relation.</entry>
1709+ <entry>Waiting to acquire a lock on a page of a relation.</entry>
17121710 </row>
17131711 <row>
17141712 <entry><literal>relation</literal></entry>
17151713 <entry>Waiting to acquire a lock on a relation.</entry>
17161714 </row>
17171715 <row>
1718- <entry><literal>speculative token </literal></entry>
1716+ <entry><literal>spectoken </literal></entry>
17191717 <entry>Waiting to acquire a speculative insertion lock.</entry>
17201718 </row>
17211719 <row>
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17321730 </row>
17331731 <row>
17341732 <entry><literal>virtualxid</literal></entry>
1735- <entry>Waiting to acquire a virtual xid lock.</entry>
1733+ <entry>Waiting to acquire a virtual transaction ID lock.</entry>
17361734 </row>
17371735 </tbody>
17381736 </tgroup>
@@ -2072,7 +2070,7 @@ postgres 27093 0.0 0.0 30096 2752 ? Ss 11:34 0:00 postgres: ser
20722070 Extensions can add <literal>LWLock</literal> types to the list shown in
20732071 <xref linkend="wait-event-lwlock-table"/>. In some cases, the name
20742072 assigned by an extension will not be available in all server processes;
2075- so a wait event might be reported as
2073+ so an <literal>LWLock</literal> wait event might be reported as
20762074 just <quote><literal>extension</literal></quote> rather than the
20772075 extension-assigned name.
20782076 </para>
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20952093 </row>
20962094 <row>
20972095 <entry><literal>PgSleep</literal></entry>
2098- <entry>Waiting in process that called <function>pg_sleep</function>.</entry>
2096+ <entry>Waiting due to a call to <function>pg_sleep</function> or
2097+ a sibling function.</entry>
20992098 </row>
21002099 <row>
21012100 <entry><literal>RecoveryApplyDelay</literal></entry>
2102- <entry>Waiting to apply WAL at recovery because it is delayed.</entry>
2101+ <entry>Waiting to apply WAL during recovery because of a delay
2102+ setting.</entry>
21032103 </row>
21042104 <row>
21052105 <entry><literal>RecoveryRetrieveRetryInterval</literal></entry>
2106- <entry>Waiting when WAL data is not available from any kind of sources
2107- (<filename>pg_wal</filename>, archive or stream) before trying
2108- again to retrieve WAL data, at recovery.</entry>
2106+ <entry>Waiting during recovery when WAL data is not available from any
2107+ source (<filename>pg_wal</filename>, archive or stream).</entry>
21092108 </row>
21102109 <row>
21112110 <entry><literal>VacuumDelay</literal></entry>
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