> [!NOTE] ![[assets/wl_lwlock_xlogwrite.png|256]]
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> | | |
> | :--- | :--- |
> | **Wait Category** | LWLock |
> | **Mechanism** | `WALWriteLock` |
> | **Operations** | [[Operations/Tuple/ModifyTable]], [[Operations/Distributed/Redistribute]] |
> | **Resources** | [[Resources/disk IO]], [[Resources/CPU|CPU]] |
>
> **Physical Durability Bottleneck**. While `WALInsert` handles the in-memory sequencing of records, `WALWrite` is the final serialization point before the data hits the physical storage subsystem.