> [!object] > <table><tr><td rowspan="4" width="25%"><img src="assets/wl_lock_object.png"></td><td><b>Wait Category</b></td><td>Lock</td></tr><tr><td><b>Mechanism</b></td><td><code>ObjectLock</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"><b>General Metadata Access Barrier</b>. While <code>relation</code> locks cover tables and indexes, <code>object</code> locks protect everything else in the database catalog.</td></tr></table>