When encountering error 25001: Active SQL Transaction in Postgres, the user should immediately execute the following actions for investigation:
SELECT * FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE state IN ('active', 'idle in transaction');
SELECT pid, now() - pg_stat_activity.query_start AS duration, query, state
FROM pg_stat_activity
WHERE (now() - pg_stat_activity.query_start) > interval '5 minutes';
SELECT pg_terminate_backend(pid)
FROM pg_stat_activity
WHERE pid = [PID of the transaction to terminate];
[PID of the transaction to terminate] with the actual PID of the problematic transaction.SELECT bl.pid AS blocked_pid, a.usename AS blocked_user, kl.pid AS blocking_pid, ka.usename AS blocking_user, a.query AS blocked_query
FROM pg_catalog.pg_locks bl
JOIN pg_catalog.pg_stat_activity a ON a.pid = bl.pid
JOIN pg_catalog.pg_locks kl ON kl.transactionid = bl.transactionid AND kl.pid != bl.pid
JOIN pg_catalog.pg_stat_activity ka ON ka.pid = kl.pid
WHERE NOT bl.granted;
These steps should help in identifying the cause of the “Active SQL Transaction” error and potentially resolving it by terminating any problematic transactions or addressing locking issues.
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