gitlab-org--gitlab-foss/changelogs/unreleased/ab-admin-page-user-active-count.yml

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title: Replace indexes for counting active users
merge_request: 32538
author:
type: performance
Replace indexes for counting active users This adjusts the partial condition for an index. The index is intended to be used when counting active users with `ghost IS NOT TRUE AND bot_type IS NULL`. With the current index, this wasn't working as the partial condition didn't match the query: `ghost <> TRUE` is not semantically equivalent to `ghost IS NOT TRUE` (null semantics). The reason we add an index particularly intended for EE is that the EE query is going to have the additional part `AND bot_type IS NULL` whereas the CE query doesn't. Logically, it'd be enough to have an index for `ghost IS NOT TRUE`. However, on GitLab.com, the query planner makes poor choices when the additional `AND bot_type IS NULL` part is present: It goes for the index on `bot_type` and doesn't use the partial index. Note the existing index isn't being used at all according to GitLab.com index statistics. Hence we can first remove it and don't have to worry about the window of time without an index. Relates to https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/66770 2019-09-02 09:15:26 -04:00			`---`
			`title: Replace indexes for counting active users`
			`merge_request: 32538`
			`author:`
			`type: performance`