![[wl_io_walwrite.png|256]]
- **Description**: Indicates that PostgreSQL is waiting for the write-ahead log
buffers to be written to a WAL file on disk. High `WALWrite` waits can
indicate an overloaded disk subsystem or high transaction volume exceeding the
storage throughput.
- **Operations**:
- [[ModifyTable]]
- **Resources**: [[Disk IO]], [[CPU]]