> [!AutovacuumSchedule] > <table><tr><td rowspan="4" width="25%"><img src="assets/wl_lw_autovacuumschedule.png"></td><td><b>Wait Category</b></td><td>LWLock</td></tr><tr><td><b>Mechanism</b></td><td><code>AutovacuumScheduleLock</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/RAM">Memory</a>, <a href="Resources/CPU">CPU</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Contention on the <b>Maintenance Prioritization Layer</b>. The Autovacuum Launcher must continuously scan the statistics for every table and index to decide which objects are "dirty" enough to warrant a vacuum or analyze worker.</td></tr></table>