Database Debugging Framework

Database debugging fails when engineers try to diagnose production database problems without querying the database's own diagnostic tables. PostgreSQL maintains live information about running queries, lock waits, query statistics, and index usage — all queryable without any special configuration. An engineer trying to diagnose a database performance problem from application logs alone is working with incomplete information; the database's own diagnostic views are the primary source of truth.

The Database Debugging Framework uses the database's native diagnostic capabilities to identify the specific query, lock, or data condition causing the problem.