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pg_stat_ssl.bits
Number of bits in the encryption algorithm used, or NULL if SSL is not used on this connection
Reading PostgreSQL 18.6.
Description
Number of bits in the encryption algorithm used, or NULL if SSL is not used on this connection
- View
- pg_stat_ssl
- Field
- bits
- SQL type
- integer
- Units named in the field definition
- Not specified
- Reset observation
- No stats_reset field is documented for this view
Usage
SELECT bits FROM pg_catalog.pg_stat_ssl;View semantics
The pg_stat_ssl view will contain one row per backend or WAL sender process, showing statistics about SSL usage on this connection. It can be joined to pg_stat_activity or pg_stat_replication on the pid column to get more details about the connection.
Collection and reset context
Read the same-version statistics collection and view documentation below for reset scope and visibility. No per-field reset rule is inferred from the field name.
Inspect this field
Example query; no execution result or measured value is asserted.
SELECT bits FROM pg_catalog.pg_stat_ssl;Related entries
Documentation and source
Source build
- Version
- 18.6
- Build
- https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v18.6/postgresql-18.6.tar.bz2
- Source fingerprint
555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f
Compare versions
PostgreSQL 17 → 18: unchanged.
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Export JSON · Back to Statistics & Metrics · Recorded in PostgreSQL 10 through 20; the first sample is not necessarily its introduction.