> [!BackendTermination] > <table><tr><td rowspan="4" width="25%"><img src="assets/wl_ipc_backendtermination.png"></td><td><b>Wait Category</b></td><td>IPC</td></tr><tr><td><b>Mechanism</b></td><td><code>BackendTermination</code></td></tr><tr><td><b>Operations</b></td><td><a href="Operations/Table/SeqScan">SeqScan</a></td></tr><tr><td><b>Resources</b></td><td><a href="Resources/CPU">CPU</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><b>Process Lifecycle Synchronization Barrier</b>. It is most commonly seen during administrative tasks like <code>DROP DATABASE</code> or <code>pg_terminate_backend()</code>, where the engine cannot proceed until it is certain that no other process is currently "using" the resource.</td></tr></table>