Add timescaledb_information.jobs view

This patch adds a convenience view to list all configured jobs.

sql/views.sql

@@ -69,6 +69,27 @@ CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW timescaledb_information.policy_stats as
     INNER JOIN _timescaledb_internal.bgw_job_stat js on j.id = js.job_id
   ORDER BY ht.schema_name, ht.table_name;
 
+-- view for background worker jobs
+CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW timescaledb_information.jobs AS
+SELECT j.id AS job_id,
+  j.application_name,
+  j.schedule_interval,
+  j.max_runtime,
+  j.max_retries,
+  j.retry_period,
+  j.proc_schema,
+  j.proc_name,
+  j.owner,
+  j.scheduled,
+  j.config,
+  js.next_start,
+  ht.schema_name AS hypertable_schema,
+  ht.table_name AS hypertable_name
+FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job j
+  LEFT JOIN _timescaledb_catalog.hypertable ht ON ht.id = j.hypertable_id
+  LEFT JOIN _timescaledb_internal.bgw_job_stat js ON js.job_id = j.id
+ORDER BY j.id;
+
 -- views for continuous aggregate queries ---
 CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW timescaledb_information.continuous_aggregates as
   SELECT format('%1$I.%2$I', cagg.user_view_schema, cagg.user_view_name)::regclass as view_name,

test/expected/pg_dump.out

@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ WHERE   refclassid = 'pg_catalog.pg_extension'::pg_catalog.regclass AND
  timescaledb_information.chunks
  timescaledb_information.data_node
  timescaledb_information.continuous_aggregates
+ timescaledb_information.jobs
  timescaledb_information.policy_stats
  timescaledb_information.license
  timescaledb_information.hypertables
@@ -549,7 +550,7 @@ WHERE   refclassid = 'pg_catalog.pg_extension'::pg_catalog.regclass AND
  _timescaledb_internal.bgw_policy_chunk_stats
  _timescaledb_internal.bgw_job_stat
  _timescaledb_catalog.tablespace_id_seq
-(14 rows)
+(15 rows)
 
 -- Make sure we can't run our restoring functions as a normal perm user as that would disable functionality for the whole db
 \c :TEST_DBNAME :ROLE_DEFAULT_PERM_USER

tsl/test/expected/bgw_custom.out

@@ -56,6 +56,17 @@ SELECT add_job('custom_func_definer', '1h', config:='{"type":"function"}'::jsonb
     1004
 (1 row)
 
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs ORDER BY 1;
+ job_id |    application_name    | schedule_interval |   max_runtime   | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |      proc_name      |       owner       | scheduled |        config         | next_start | hypertable_schema | hypertable_name 
+--------+------------------------+-------------------+-----------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+---------------------+-------------------+-----------+-----------------------+------------+-------------------+-----------------
+      1 | Telemetry Reporter [1] | @ 24 hours        | @ 1 min 40 secs |          -1 | @ 1 hour     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_telemetry    | super_user        | t         |                       |            |                   | 
+   1000 | Custom Job [1000]      | @ 1 hour          | @ 0             |          -1 | @ 5 mins     | public                | custom_func         | default_perm_user | t         | {"type": "function"}  |            |                   | 
+   1001 | Custom Job [1001]      | @ 1 hour          | @ 0             |          -1 | @ 5 mins     | public                | custom_proc         | default_perm_user | t         | {"type": "procedure"} |            |                   | 
+   1002 | Custom Job [1002]      | @ 1 hour          | @ 0             |          -1 | @ 5 mins     | public                | custom_proc2        | default_perm_user | t         | {"type": "procedure"} |            |                   | 
+   1003 | Custom Job [1003]      | @ 1 hour          | @ 0             |          -1 | @ 5 mins     | public                | custom_func         | default_perm_user | t         | {"type": "function"}  |            |                   | 
+   1004 | Custom Job [1004]      | @ 1 hour          | @ 0             |          -1 | @ 5 mins     | public                | custom_func_definer | default_perm_user | t         | {"type": "function"}  |            |                   | 
+(6 rows)
+
 CALL run_job(1000);
 CALL run_job(1001);
 CALL run_job(1002);
@@ -103,10 +114,11 @@ SELECT delete_job(1004);
 (1 row)
 
 -- check jobs got removed
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job WHERE id >= 1000;
- id | application_name | schedule_interval | max_runtime | max_retries | retry_period | proc_schema | proc_name | owner | scheduled | hypertable_id | config 
-----+------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------+-----------+---------------+--------
-(0 rows)
+SELECT count(*) FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id >= 1000;
+ count 
+-------
+     0
+(1 row)
 
 \c :TEST_DBNAME :ROLE_SUPERUSER
 -- test altering job with NULL config
@@ -116,10 +128,10 @@ SELECT job_id FROM alter_job(1,scheduled:=false);
       1
 (1 row)
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job WHERE id = 1;
- id |    application_name    | schedule_interval |   max_runtime   | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |    proc_name     |   owner    | scheduled | hypertable_id | config 
-----+------------------------+-------------------+-----------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+------------------+------------+-----------+---------------+--------
-  1 | Telemetry Reporter [1] | @ 24 hours        | @ 1 min 40 secs |          -1 | @ 1 hour     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_telemetry | super_user | f         |               | 
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id = 1;
+ job_id |    application_name    | schedule_interval |   max_runtime   | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |    proc_name     |   owner    | scheduled | config | next_start | hypertable_schema | hypertable_name 
+--------+------------------------+-------------------+-----------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+------------------+------------+-----------+--------+------------+-------------------+-----------------
+      1 | Telemetry Reporter [1] | @ 24 hours        | @ 1 min 40 secs |          -1 | @ 1 hour     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_telemetry | super_user | f         |        |            |                   | 
 (1 row)
 
 -- test updating job settings
@@ -129,10 +141,10 @@ SELECT job_id FROM alter_job(1,config:='{"test":"test"}');
       1
 (1 row)
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job WHERE id = 1;
- id |    application_name    | schedule_interval |   max_runtime   | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |    proc_name     |   owner    | scheduled | hypertable_id |      config      
-----+------------------------+-------------------+-----------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+------------------+------------+-----------+---------------+------------------
-  1 | Telemetry Reporter [1] | @ 24 hours        | @ 1 min 40 secs |          -1 | @ 1 hour     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_telemetry | super_user | f         |               | {"test": "test"}
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id = 1;
+ job_id |    application_name    | schedule_interval |   max_runtime   | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |    proc_name     |   owner    | scheduled |      config      | next_start | hypertable_schema | hypertable_name 
+--------+------------------------+-------------------+-----------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+------------------+------------+-----------+------------------+------------+-------------------+-----------------
+      1 | Telemetry Reporter [1] | @ 24 hours        | @ 1 min 40 secs |          -1 | @ 1 hour     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_telemetry | super_user | f         | {"test": "test"} |            |                   | 
 (1 row)
 
 SELECT job_id FROM alter_job(1,scheduled:=true);
@@ -141,10 +153,10 @@ SELECT job_id FROM alter_job(1,scheduled:=true);
       1
 (1 row)
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job WHERE id = 1;
- id |    application_name    | schedule_interval |   max_runtime   | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |    proc_name     |   owner    | scheduled | hypertable_id |      config      
-----+------------------------+-------------------+-----------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+------------------+------------+-----------+---------------+------------------
-  1 | Telemetry Reporter [1] | @ 24 hours        | @ 1 min 40 secs |          -1 | @ 1 hour     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_telemetry | super_user | t         |               | {"test": "test"}
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id = 1;
+ job_id |    application_name    | schedule_interval |   max_runtime   | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |    proc_name     |   owner    | scheduled |      config      | next_start | hypertable_schema | hypertable_name 
+--------+------------------------+-------------------+-----------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+------------------+------------+-----------+------------------+------------+-------------------+-----------------
+      1 | Telemetry Reporter [1] | @ 24 hours        | @ 1 min 40 secs |          -1 | @ 1 hour     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_telemetry | super_user | t         | {"test": "test"} |            |                   | 
 (1 row)
 
 SELECT job_id FROM alter_job(1,scheduled:=false);
@@ -153,9 +165,9 @@ SELECT job_id FROM alter_job(1,scheduled:=false);
       1
 (1 row)
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job WHERE id = 1;
- id |    application_name    | schedule_interval |   max_runtime   | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |    proc_name     |   owner    | scheduled | hypertable_id |      config      
-----+------------------------+-------------------+-----------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+------------------+------------+-----------+---------------+------------------
-  1 | Telemetry Reporter [1] | @ 24 hours        | @ 1 min 40 secs |          -1 | @ 1 hour     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_telemetry | super_user | f         |               | {"test": "test"}
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id = 1;
+ job_id |    application_name    | schedule_interval |   max_runtime   | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |    proc_name     |   owner    | scheduled |      config      | next_start | hypertable_schema | hypertable_name 
+--------+------------------------+-------------------+-----------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+------------------+------------+-----------+------------------+------------+-------------------+-----------------
+      1 | Telemetry Reporter [1] | @ 24 hours        | @ 1 min 40 secs |          -1 | @ 1 hour     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_telemetry | super_user | f         | {"test": "test"} |            |                   | 
 (1 row)
 

tsl/test/expected/bgw_reorder_drop_chunks.out

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ AS :MODULE_PATHNAME LANGUAGE C VOLATILE;
 \set IMMEDIATELY_SET_UNTIL 1
 \set WAIT_FOR_OTHER_TO_ADVANCE 2
 -- Remove any default jobs, e.g., telemetry
-DELETE FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job WHERE TRUE;
+DELETE FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job;
 TRUNCATE _timescaledb_internal.bgw_job_stat;
 \c :TEST_DBNAME :ROLE_DEFAULT_PERM_USER
 CREATE TABLE public.bgw_log(
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ SELECT json_object_field(get_telemetry_report(always_display_report := true)::js
 (1 row)
 
 -- job was created
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job where id=:reorder_job_id;
-  id  |   application_name    | schedule_interval | max_runtime | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |   proc_name    |       owner       | scheduled | hypertable_id |                              config                               
-------+-----------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+----------------+-------------------+-----------+---------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------
- 1000 | Reorder Policy [1000] | @ 4 days          | @ 0         |          -1 | @ 5 mins     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_reorder | default_perm_user | t         |             1 | {"index_name": "test_reorder_table_time_idx", "hypertable_id": 1}
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id=:reorder_job_id;
+ job_id |   application_name    | schedule_interval | max_runtime | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |   proc_name    |       owner       | scheduled |                              config                               | next_start | hypertable_schema |  hypertable_name   
+--------+-----------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+----------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-------------------+--------------------
+   1000 | Reorder Policy [1000] | @ 4 days          | @ 0         |          -1 | @ 5 mins     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_reorder | default_perm_user | t         | {"index_name": "test_reorder_table_time_idx", "hypertable_id": 1} |            | public            | test_reorder_table
 (1 row)
 
 -- no stats
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ SELECT * FROM sorted_bgw_log;
       1 |         0 | DB Scheduler     | [TESTING] Wait until 25000, started at 0
 (2 rows)
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job where id=:reorder_job_id;
-  id  |   application_name    | schedule_interval | max_runtime | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |   proc_name    |       owner       | scheduled | hypertable_id |                              config                               
-------+-----------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+----------------+-------------------+-----------+---------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------
- 1000 | Reorder Policy [1000] | @ 4 days          | @ 0         |          -1 | @ 5 mins     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_reorder | default_perm_user | t         |             1 | {"index_name": "test_reorder_table_time_idx", "hypertable_id": 1}
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id=:reorder_job_id;
+ job_id |   application_name    | schedule_interval | max_runtime | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |   proc_name    |       owner       | scheduled |                              config                               |          next_start          | hypertable_schema |  hypertable_name   
+--------+-----------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+----------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------+-------------------+--------------------
+   1000 | Reorder Policy [1000] | @ 4 days          | @ 0         |          -1 | @ 5 mins     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_reorder | default_perm_user | t         | {"index_name": "test_reorder_table_time_idx", "hypertable_id": 1} | Fri Dec 31 16:00:00 1999 PST | public            | test_reorder_table
 (1 row)
 
 -- job ran once, successfully
@@ -177,10 +177,10 @@ SELECT * FROM sorted_bgw_log;
       1 |     25000 | DB Scheduler     | [TESTING] Wait until 50000, started at 25000
 (4 rows)
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job where id=:reorder_job_id;
-  id  |   application_name    | schedule_interval | max_runtime | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |   proc_name    |       owner       | scheduled | hypertable_id |                              config                               
-------+-----------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+----------------+-------------------+-----------+---------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------
- 1000 | Reorder Policy [1000] | @ 4 days          | @ 0         |          -1 | @ 5 mins     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_reorder | default_perm_user | t         |             1 | {"index_name": "test_reorder_table_time_idx", "hypertable_id": 1}
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id=:reorder_job_id;
+ job_id |   application_name    | schedule_interval | max_runtime | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |   proc_name    |       owner       | scheduled |                              config                               |            next_start            | hypertable_schema |  hypertable_name   
+--------+-----------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+----------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------------------+--------------------
+   1000 | Reorder Policy [1000] | @ 4 days          | @ 0         |          -1 | @ 5 mins     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_reorder | default_perm_user | t         | {"index_name": "test_reorder_table_time_idx", "hypertable_id": 1} | Fri Dec 31 16:00:00.025 1999 PST | public            | test_reorder_table
 (1 row)
 
 -- two runs
@@ -221,10 +221,10 @@ SELECT * FROM sorted_bgw_log;
       1 |     50000 | DB Scheduler     | [TESTING] Wait until 100000, started at 50000
 (6 rows)
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job where id=:reorder_job_id;
-  id  |   application_name    | schedule_interval | max_runtime | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |   proc_name    |       owner       | scheduled | hypertable_id |                              config                               
-------+-----------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+----------------+-------------------+-----------+---------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------
- 1000 | Reorder Policy [1000] | @ 4 days          | @ 0         |          -1 | @ 5 mins     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_reorder | default_perm_user | t         |             1 | {"index_name": "test_reorder_table_time_idx", "hypertable_id": 1}
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id=:reorder_job_id;
+ job_id |   application_name    | schedule_interval | max_runtime | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |   proc_name    |       owner       | scheduled |                              config                               |           next_start            | hypertable_schema |  hypertable_name   
+--------+-----------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+----------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+-------------------+--------------------
+   1000 | Reorder Policy [1000] | @ 4 days          | @ 0         |          -1 | @ 5 mins     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_reorder | default_perm_user | t         | {"index_name": "test_reorder_table_time_idx", "hypertable_id": 1} | Tue Jan 04 16:00:00.05 2000 PST | public            | test_reorder_table
 (1 row)
 
 SELECT *
@@ -265,10 +265,10 @@ SELECT * FROM sorted_bgw_log;
       0 |    100000 | DB Scheduler     | [TESTING] Wait until 200000, started at 100000
 (7 rows)
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job where id=:reorder_job_id;
-  id  |   application_name    | schedule_interval | max_runtime | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |   proc_name    |       owner       | scheduled | hypertable_id |                              config                               
-------+-----------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+----------------+-------------------+-----------+---------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------
- 1000 | Reorder Policy [1000] | @ 4 days          | @ 0         |          -1 | @ 5 mins     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_reorder | default_perm_user | t         |             1 | {"index_name": "test_reorder_table_time_idx", "hypertable_id": 1}
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id=:reorder_job_id;
+ job_id |   application_name    | schedule_interval | max_runtime | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |   proc_name    |       owner       | scheduled |                              config                               |           next_start            | hypertable_schema |  hypertable_name   
+--------+-----------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+----------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+-------------------+--------------------
+   1000 | Reorder Policy [1000] | @ 4 days          | @ 0         |          -1 | @ 5 mins     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_reorder | default_perm_user | t         | {"index_name": "test_reorder_table_time_idx", "hypertable_id": 1} | Tue Jan 04 16:00:00.05 2000 PST | public            | test_reorder_table
 (1 row)
 
 SELECT *
@@ -304,9 +304,9 @@ SELECT remove_reorder_policy('test_reorder_table');
  
 (1 row)
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job where id=:reorder_job_id;
- id | application_name | schedule_interval | max_runtime | max_retries | retry_period | proc_schema | proc_name | owner | scheduled | hypertable_id | config 
-----+------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------+-----------+---------------+--------
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id=:reorder_job_id;
+ job_id | application_name | schedule_interval | max_runtime | max_retries | retry_period | proc_schema | proc_name | owner | scheduled | config | next_start | hypertable_schema | hypertable_name 
+--------+------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------+-----------+--------+------------+-------------------+-----------------
 (0 rows)
 
 SELECT job_id, next_start, last_finish as until_next, last_run_success, total_runs, total_successes, total_failures, total_crashes
@@ -335,9 +335,9 @@ SELECT * FROM sorted_bgw_log;
       0 |    200000 | DB Scheduler     | [TESTING] Wait until 325000, started at 200000
 (8 rows)
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job where id=:reorder_job_id;
- id | application_name | schedule_interval | max_runtime | max_retries | retry_period | proc_schema | proc_name | owner | scheduled | hypertable_id | config 
-----+------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------+-----------+---------------+--------
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id=:reorder_job_id;
+ job_id | application_name | schedule_interval | max_runtime | max_retries | retry_period | proc_schema | proc_name | owner | scheduled | config | next_start | hypertable_schema | hypertable_name 
+--------+------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------+-----------+--------+------------+-------------------+-----------------
 (0 rows)
 
 -- still only 3 chunks clustered
@@ -414,10 +414,10 @@ SELECT alter_job(:drop_chunks_job_id, schedule_interval => INTERVAL '1 second');
  (1001,"@ 1 sec","@ 5 mins",-1,"@ 5 mins",t,"{""hypertable_id"": 2, ""retention_window"": ""@ 4 mons""}",-infinity)
 (1 row)
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job where id=:drop_chunks_job_id;
-  id  |    application_name     | schedule_interval | max_runtime | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |    proc_name     |       owner       | scheduled | hypertable_id |                        config                        
-------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+---------------+------------------------------------------------------
- 1001 | Retention Policy [1001] | @ 1 sec           | @ 5 mins    |          -1 | @ 5 mins     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_retention | default_perm_user | t         |             2 | {"hypertable_id": 2, "retention_window": "@ 4 mons"}
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id=:drop_chunks_job_id;
+ job_id |    application_name     | schedule_interval | max_runtime | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |    proc_name     |       owner       | scheduled |                        config                        | next_start | hypertable_schema |    hypertable_name     
+--------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+------------+-------------------+------------------------
+   1001 | Retention Policy [1001] | @ 1 sec           | @ 5 mins    |          -1 | @ 5 mins     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_retention | default_perm_user | t         | {"hypertable_id": 2, "retention_window": "@ 4 mons"} |            | public            | test_drop_chunks_table
 (1 row)
 
 -- no stats
@@ -453,10 +453,10 @@ SELECT * FROM sorted_bgw_log;
       1 |         0 | DB Scheduler     | [TESTING] Wait until 25000, started at 0
 (2 rows)
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job where id=:drop_chunks_job_id;
-  id  |    application_name     | schedule_interval | max_runtime | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |    proc_name     |       owner       | scheduled | hypertable_id |                        config                        
-------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+---------------+------------------------------------------------------
- 1001 | Retention Policy [1001] | @ 1 sec           | @ 5 mins    |          -1 | @ 5 mins     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_retention | default_perm_user | t         |             2 | {"hypertable_id": 2, "retention_window": "@ 4 mons"}
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id=:drop_chunks_job_id;
+ job_id |    application_name     | schedule_interval | max_runtime | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |    proc_name     |       owner       | scheduled |                        config                        |          next_start          | hypertable_schema |    hypertable_name     
+--------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------+-------------------+------------------------
+   1001 | Retention Policy [1001] | @ 1 sec           | @ 5 mins    |          -1 | @ 5 mins     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_retention | default_perm_user | t         | {"hypertable_id": 2, "retention_window": "@ 4 mons"} | Fri Dec 31 16:00:01 1999 PST | public            | test_drop_chunks_table
 (1 row)
 
 -- job ran once, successfully
@@ -492,10 +492,10 @@ SELECT * FROM sorted_bgw_log;
       0 |     25000 | DB Scheduler     | [TESTING] Wait until 50000, started at 25000
 (3 rows)
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job where id=:drop_chunks_job_id;
-  id  |    application_name     | schedule_interval | max_runtime | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |    proc_name     |       owner       | scheduled | hypertable_id |                        config                        
-------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+---------------+------------------------------------------------------
- 1001 | Retention Policy [1001] | @ 1 sec           | @ 5 mins    |          -1 | @ 5 mins     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_retention | default_perm_user | t         |             2 | {"hypertable_id": 2, "retention_window": "@ 4 mons"}
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id=:drop_chunks_job_id;
+ job_id |    application_name     | schedule_interval | max_runtime | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |    proc_name     |       owner       | scheduled |                        config                        |          next_start          | hypertable_schema |    hypertable_name     
+--------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------+-------------------+------------------------
+   1001 | Retention Policy [1001] | @ 1 sec           | @ 5 mins    |          -1 | @ 5 mins     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_retention | default_perm_user | t         | {"hypertable_id": 2, "retention_window": "@ 4 mons"} | Fri Dec 31 16:00:01 1999 PST | public            | test_drop_chunks_table
 (1 row)
 
 -- still only 1 run
@@ -544,10 +544,10 @@ SELECT * FROM sorted_bgw_log;
       2 |   1000000 | DB Scheduler     | [TESTING] Wait until 10050000, started at 1000000
 (6 rows)
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job where id=:drop_chunks_job_id;
-  id  |    application_name     | schedule_interval | max_runtime | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |    proc_name     |       owner       | scheduled | hypertable_id |                        config                        
-------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+---------------+------------------------------------------------------
- 1001 | Retention Policy [1001] | @ 1 sec           | @ 5 mins    |          -1 | @ 5 mins     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_retention | default_perm_user | t         |             2 | {"hypertable_id": 2, "retention_window": "@ 4 mons"}
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id=:drop_chunks_job_id;
+ job_id |    application_name     | schedule_interval | max_runtime | max_retries | retry_period |      proc_schema      |    proc_name     |       owner       | scheduled |                        config                        |          next_start          | hypertable_schema |    hypertable_name     
+--------+-------------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-----------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------+-------------------+------------------------
+   1001 | Retention Policy [1001] | @ 1 sec           | @ 5 mins    |          -1 | @ 5 mins     | _timescaledb_internal | policy_retention | default_perm_user | t         | {"hypertable_id": 2, "retention_window": "@ 4 mons"} | Fri Dec 31 16:00:02 1999 PST | public            | test_drop_chunks_table
 (1 row)
 
 -- 2 runs

tsl/test/sql/bgw_custom.sql

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ SELECT add_job('custom_proc2','1h', config:= '{"type":"procedure"}'::jsonb);
 SELECT add_job('custom_func', '1h', config:='{"type":"function"}'::jsonb);
 SELECT add_job('custom_func_definer', '1h', config:='{"type":"function"}'::jsonb);
 
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs ORDER BY 1;
+
 CALL run_job(1000);
 CALL run_job(1001);
 CALL run_job(1002);
@@ -54,17 +56,17 @@ SELECT delete_job(1003);
 SELECT delete_job(1004);
 
 -- check jobs got removed
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job WHERE id >= 1000;
+SELECT count(*) FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id >= 1000;
 
 \c :TEST_DBNAME :ROLE_SUPERUSER
 -- test altering job with NULL config
 SELECT job_id FROM alter_job(1,scheduled:=false);
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job WHERE id = 1;
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id = 1;
 
 -- test updating job settings
 SELECT job_id FROM alter_job(1,config:='{"test":"test"}');
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job WHERE id = 1;
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id = 1;
 SELECT job_id FROM alter_job(1,scheduled:=true);
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job WHERE id = 1;
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id = 1;
 SELECT job_id FROM alter_job(1,scheduled:=false);
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job WHERE id = 1;
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id = 1;

tsl/test/sql/bgw_reorder_drop_chunks.sql

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ AS :MODULE_PATHNAME LANGUAGE C VOLATILE;
 \set WAIT_FOR_OTHER_TO_ADVANCE 2
 
 -- Remove any default jobs, e.g., telemetry
-DELETE FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job WHERE TRUE;
+DELETE FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job;
 TRUNCATE _timescaledb_internal.bgw_job_stat;
 
 \c :TEST_DBNAME :ROLE_DEFAULT_PERM_USER
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ select add_reorder_policy('test_reorder_table', 'test_reorder_table_time_idx') a
 SELECT json_object_field(get_telemetry_report(always_display_report := true)::json,'num_reorder_policies');
 
 -- job was created
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job where id=:reorder_job_id;
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id=:reorder_job_id;
 
 -- no stats
 SELECT job_id, next_start, last_finish as until_next, last_run_success, total_runs, total_successes, total_failures, total_crashes
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ SELECT ts_bgw_db_scheduler_test_run_and_wait_for_scheduler_finish(25);
 
 SELECT * FROM sorted_bgw_log;
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job where id=:reorder_job_id;
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id=:reorder_job_id;
 
 -- job ran once, successfully
 SELECT job_id, next_start, last_finish as until_next, last_run_success, total_runs, total_successes, total_failures, total_crashes
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ SELECT ts_bgw_db_scheduler_test_run_and_wait_for_scheduler_finish(25);
 
 SELECT * FROM sorted_bgw_log;
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job where id=:reorder_job_id;
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id=:reorder_job_id;
 
 -- two runs
 SELECT job_id, next_start, last_finish as until_next, last_run_success, total_runs, total_successes, total_failures, total_crashes
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ SELECT ts_bgw_db_scheduler_test_run_and_wait_for_scheduler_finish(50);
 
 SELECT * FROM sorted_bgw_log;
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job where id=:reorder_job_id;
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id=:reorder_job_id;
 
 SELECT *
     FROM _timescaledb_internal.bgw_job_stat
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ SELECT ts_bgw_db_scheduler_test_run_and_wait_for_scheduler_finish(100);
 
 SELECT * FROM sorted_bgw_log;
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job where id=:reorder_job_id;
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id=:reorder_job_id;
 
 SELECT *
     FROM _timescaledb_internal.bgw_job_stat
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.policy_stats;
 -- test deleting the policy
 SELECT remove_reorder_policy('test_reorder_table');
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job where id=:reorder_job_id;
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id=:reorder_job_id;
 
 SELECT job_id, next_start, last_finish as until_next, last_run_success, total_runs, total_successes, total_failures, total_crashes
     FROM _timescaledb_internal.bgw_job_stat
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ SELECT ts_bgw_db_scheduler_test_run_and_wait_for_scheduler_finish(125);
 
 SELECT * FROM sorted_bgw_log;
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job where id=:reorder_job_id;
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id=:reorder_job_id;
 
 -- still only 3 chunks clustered
 SELECT indexrelid::regclass, indisclustered
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ SELECT json_object_field(get_telemetry_report(always_display_report := true)::js
 
 SELECT alter_job(:drop_chunks_job_id, schedule_interval => INTERVAL '1 second');
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job where id=:drop_chunks_job_id;
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id=:drop_chunks_job_id;
 
 -- no stats
 SELECT job_id, next_start, last_finish as until_next, last_run_success, total_runs, total_successes, total_failures, total_crashes
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ SELECT ts_bgw_db_scheduler_test_run_and_wait_for_scheduler_finish(25);
 
 SELECT * FROM sorted_bgw_log;
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job where id=:drop_chunks_job_id;
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id=:drop_chunks_job_id;
 
 -- job ran once, successfully
 SELECT job_id, time_bucket('1m',next_start) AS next_start, time_bucket('1m',last_finish) as until_next, last_run_success, total_runs, total_successes, total_failures, total_crashes
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ SELECT ts_bgw_db_scheduler_test_run_and_wait_for_scheduler_finish(25);
 
 SELECT * FROM sorted_bgw_log;
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job where id=:drop_chunks_job_id;
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id=:drop_chunks_job_id;
 
 -- still only 1 run
 SELECT job_id, time_bucket('1m',next_start) AS next_start, time_bucket('1m',last_finish) as until_next, last_run_success, total_runs, total_successes, total_failures, total_crashes
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ SELECT ts_bgw_db_scheduler_test_run_and_wait_for_scheduler_finish(10000);
 
 SELECT * FROM sorted_bgw_log;
 
-SELECT * FROM _timescaledb_config.bgw_job where id=:drop_chunks_job_id;
+SELECT * FROM timescaledb_information.jobs WHERE job_id=:drop_chunks_job_id;
 
 -- 2 runs
 SELECT job_id, time_bucket('1m',next_start) AS next_start, time_bucket('1m',last_finish) as until_next, last_run_success, total_runs, total_successes, total_failures, total_crashes