sys.dm_os_wait_stats (Transact-SQL)
Returns information about all the waits encountered by threads that executed. You can use this aggregated view to diagnose performance issues with SQL Server and also with specific queries and batches.
Column name |
Data type |
Description |
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wait_type |
nvarchar(60) |
Name of the wait type. |
waiting_tasks_count |
bigint |
Number of waits on this wait type. This counter is incremented at the start of each wait. |
wait_time_ms |
bigint |
Total wait time for this wait type in milliseconds. This time is inclusive of signal_wait_time_ms. |
max_wait_time_ms |
bigint |
Maximum wait time on this wait type. |
signal_wait_time_ms |
bigint |
Difference between the time that the waiting thread was signaled and when it started running. |
Permissions
Requires VIEW SERVER STATE permission on the server.
Remarks
Types of Waits
Resource waits
Resource waits occur when a worker requests access to a resource that is not available because the resource is being used by some other worker or is not yet available. Examples of resource waits are locks, latches, network and disk I/O waits. Lock and latch waits are waits on synchronization objectsQueue waits
Queue waits occur when a worker is idle, waiting for work to be assigned. Queue waits are most typically seen with system background tasks such as the deadlock monitor and deleted record cleanup tasks. These tasks will wait for work requests to be placed into a work queue. Queue waits may also periodically become active even if no new packets have been put on the queue.External waits
External waits occur when a SQL Server worker is waiting for an external event, such as an extended stored procedure call or a linked server query, to finish. When you diagnose blocking issues, remember that external waits do not always imply that the worker is idle, because the worker may actively be running some external code.
sys.dm_os_wait_stats shows the time for waits that have completed. This dynamic management view does not show current waits.
A SQL Server worker thread is not considered to be waiting if any of the following is true:
A resource becomes available.
A queue is nonempty.
An external process finishes.
Although the thread is no longer waiting, the thread does not have to start running immediately. This is because such a thread is first put on the queue of runnable workers and must wait for a quantum to run on the scheduler.
In SQL Server the wait-time counters are bigint values and therefore are not as prone to counter rollover as the equivalent counters in earlier versions of SQL Server.
Specific types of wait times during query execution can indicate bottlenecks or stall points within the query. Similarly, high wait times, or wait counts server wide can indicate bottlenecks or hot spots in interaction query interactions within the server instance. For example, lock waits indicate data contention by queries; page IO latch waits indicate slow IO response times; page latch update waits indicate incorrect file layout.
The contents of this dynamic management view can be reset by running the following command:
DBCC SQLPERF ('sys.dm_os_wait_stats', CLEAR);
GO
This command resets all counters to 0.
Note
These statistics are not persisted across SQL Server restarts, and all data is cumulative since the last time the statistics were reset or the server was started.
The following table lists the wait types encountered by tasks.
Wait type |
Description |
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ABR |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
ASSEMBLY_LOAD |
Occurs during exclusive access to assembly loading. |
ASYNC_DISKPOOL_LOCK |
Occurs when there is an attempt to synchronize parallel threads that are performing tasks such as creating or initializing a file. |
ASYNC_IO_COMPLETION |
Occurs when a task is waiting for I/Os to finish. |
ASYNC_NETWORK_IO |
Occurs on network writes when the task is blocked behind the network. Verify that the client is processing data from the server. |
AUDIT_GROUPCACHE_LOCK |
Occurs when there is a wait on a lock that controls access to a special cache. The cache contains information about which audits are being used to audit each audit action group. |
AUDIT_LOGINCACHE_LOCK |
Occurs when there is a wait on a lock that controls access to a special cache. The cache contains information about which audits are being used to audit login audit action groups. |
AUDIT_ON_DEMAND_TARGET_LOCK |
Occurs when there is a wait on a lock that is used to ensure single initialization of audit related Extended Event targets. |
AUDIT_XE_SESSION_MGR |
Occurs when there is a wait on a lock that is used to synchronize the starting and stopping of audit related Extended Events sessions. |
BACKUP |
Occurs when a task is blocked as part of backup processing. |
BACKUP_OPERATOR |
Occurs when a task is waiting for a tape mount. To view the tape status, query sys.dm_io_backup_tapes. If a mount operation is not pending, this wait type may indicate a hardware problem with the tape drive. |
BACKUPBUFFER |
Occurs when a backup task is waiting for data, or is waiting for a buffer in which to store data. This type is not typical, except when a task is waiting for a tape mount. |
BACKUPIO |
Occurs when a backup task is waiting for data, or is waiting for a buffer in which to store data. This type is not typical, except when a task is waiting for a tape mount. |
BACKUPTHREAD |
Occurs when a task is waiting for a backup task to finish. Wait times may be long, from several minutes to several hours. If the task that is being waited on is in an I/O process, this type does not indicate a problem. |
BAD_PAGE_PROCESS |
Occurs when the background suspect page logger is trying to avoid running more than every five seconds. Excessive suspect pages cause the logger to run frequently. |
BROKER_CONNECTION_RECEIVE_TASK |
Occurs when waiting for access to receive a message on a connection endpoint. Receive access to the endpoint is serialized. Each Service Broker (and Database Mirroring) connection endpoint has a list of buffers that receive data from the network. There are two threads that process the list. One thread posts buffers to receive data, and the other thread processes the buffers after they receive the data. Specifically, this wait type occurs when the threads try to access the list to add or remove buffers. When you interpret the values for this wait type, use the following guidelines:
|
BROKER_ENDPOINT_STATE_MUTEX |
Occurs when there is contention to access the state of a Service Broker or Database Mirroring connection endpoint. Access to the state for changes is serialized. Specifically, this wait type occurs under the following conditions:
When you interpret the values for this wait type, use the following guidelines:
|
BROKER_EVENTHANDLER |
Occurs when a task is waiting in the Service Broker primary event handler for any of the following:
This wait type should occur very briefly. Each instance of SQL Server has a primary event handler thread for processing Service Broker startup, shutdown, and timer events. This thread always exists, and is either waiting for or processing these events. When you interpret the values for this wait type, use the following guidelines:
Neither of these fields indicate a performance issue. If Service Broker is not being used (either directly or through Database Mail or event notification), you should see the following:
|
BROKER_INIT |
Occurs when initializing Service Broker in each active database. This should occur infrequently. This wait type occurs every time that Service Broker fails to initialize internal broker managers for any database. Service Broker waits approximately 1 second before it performs a retry for the same database. When you interpret the values for this wait type, use the following guidelines:
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BROKER_MASTERSTART |
Occurs when a task is waiting for the primary event handler of the Service Broker to start. This should occur very briefly during instance startup, when Service Broker waits for the master database to start. When you interpret the values for this wait type, use the following guidelines:
|
BROKER_RECEIVE_WAITFOR |
Occurs when the RECEIVE WAITFOR is waiting. This is typical if no messages are ready to be received. This wait type occurs one time per WAITFOR RECEIVE Transact-SQL statement, where the statement execution waits for messages to arrive in the user queue. When you interpret the values for this wait type, use the following guidelines:
If avg_wait_time_ms is much higher than expected, check the error log and SQL Server Profiler events on both the initiator and the target server instances for potential problems. |
BROKER_REGISTERALLENDPOINTS |
Occurs during the initialization of a Service Broker or Database Mirroring connection endpoint. This wait type should occur very briefly during instance startup, when Service Broker waits for all endpoint types to be registered. When you interpret the values for this wait type, use the following guidelines:
|
BROKER_SERVICE |
Occurs when the Service Broker next hop destination list that is associated with a target service/broker instance pair is updated or re-prioritized because of the addition or removal of a dialog to the instance pair. Service Broker sends messages to these next hop destinations in order of their priority. Therefore, access to the destination list and their effective priority changes is serialized. When you interpret the values for this wait type, use the following guidelines:
|
BROKER_SHUTDOWN |
Occurs when there is a planned shutdown of Service Broker. This wait type should occur very briefly, if at all. waiting_tasks_count and wait_time_ms should both be 0 unless instance shutdown has already started. During instance shutdown, Service Broker waits a few seconds for its primary event handler and all connection endpoints to shut down. |
BROKER_TASK_STOP |
Occurs when one of the Service Broker queue task handlers stops because there are no internal tasks. The task handler waits for a maximum of 10 seconds before it is destroyed, in case it has to be restarted to run a task. Service Broker has several task handlers that are used to execute internal tasks related to the transmission of messages, asynchronous network operations, and to the processing of received messages. In a heavy usage scenario, the values for both waiting_tasks_count and wait_time_ms should be small. Every 5 seconds, Service Broker schedules an internal cleanup task. This task does not do much work when Service Broker is not being used. However, it causes one of the task handlers to wake up, restart, execute the task and then start waiting. Therefore, if Service Broker is not being used, you should see the following values:
|
BROKER_TO_FLUSH |
Occurs when the Service Broker lazy flusher flushes the in-memory transmission objects to a work table. A transmission object is an in-memory object that manages and records the state of message transmissions for a dialog. For performance reasons, Service Broker maintains all transmission objects in memory and in temporary tables on disk. Every time that a transmission object is updated, it is scheduled to be flushed to a temporary table in tempdb. Service Broker uses an "always live" lazy flusher task for this job. If Service Broker is not being used, you should see the following values:
When Service Broker is under heavy use, these columns should have low values because the lazy flusher will be busy. |
BROKER_TRANSMITTER |
Occurs when the Service Broker transmitter threads are waiting for dialog messages to be sent. The transmitter schedules messages from multiple dialogs that will be sent over the network through one or more connection endpoints. The transmitter uses two dedicated threads for this purpose. High values of waiting_tasks_count indicate that the threads have intermittent work. This does not indicate a performance problem. If Service Broker is not being used, you should see the following values:
|
BUILTIN_HASHKEY_MUTEX |
May occur after startup of instance, while internal data structures are initializing. Will not recur once data structures have initialized. |
CHECK_PRINT_RECORD |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
CHECKPOINT_QUEUE |
Occurs while the checkpoint task is waiting for the next checkpoint request. |
CHKPT |
Occurs at server startup to tell the checkpoint thread that it can start. |
CLEAR_DB |
Occurs during operations that change the state of a database, such as opening or closing a database. |
CLR_AUTO_EVENT |
Occurs when a task is currently performing common language runtime (CLR) execution and is waiting for a particular autoevent to be initiated. Long waits are typical, and do not indicate a problem. |
CLR_CRST |
Occurs when a task is currently performing CLR execution and is waiting to enter a critical section of the task that is currently being used by another task. |
CLR_JOIN |
Occurs when a task is currently performing CLR execution and waiting for another task to end. This wait state occurs when there is a join between tasks. |
CLR_MANUAL_EVENT |
Occurs when a task is currently performing CLR execution and is waiting for a specific manual event to be initiated. |
CLR_MEMORY_SPY |
Occurs during a wait on lock acquisition for a data structure that is used to record all virtual memory allocations that come from CLR. The data structure is locked to maintain its integrity if there is parallel access. |
CLR_MONITOR |
Occurs when a task is currently performing CLR execution and is waiting to obtain a lock on the monitor. |
CLR_RWLOCK_READER |
Occurs when a task is currently performing CLR execution and is waiting for a reader lock. |
CLR_RWLOCK_WRITER |
Occurs when a task is currently performing CLR execution and is waiting for a writer lock. |
CLR_SEMAPHORE |
Occurs when a task is currently performing CLR execution and is waiting for a semaphore. |
CLR_TASK_START |
Occurs while waiting for a CLR task to complete startup. |
CLRHOST_STATE_ACCESS |
Occurs where there is a wait to acquire exclusive access to the CLR-hosting data structures. This wait type occurs while setting up or tearing down the CLR runtime. |
CMEMTHREAD |
Occurs when a task is waiting on a thread-safe memory object. The wait time might increase when there is contention caused by multiple tasks trying to allocate memory from the same memory object. |
CXPACKET |
Occurs when trying to synchronize the query processor exchange iterator. You may consider lowering the degree of parallelism if contention on this wait type becomes a problem. |
CXROWSET_SYNC |
Occurs during a parallel range scan. |
DAC_INIT |
Occurs while the dedicated administrator connection is initializing. |
DBMIRROR_DBM_EVENT |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
DBMIRROR_DBM_MUTEX |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
DBMIRROR_EVENTS_QUEUE |
Occurs when database mirroring waits for events to process. |
DBMIRROR_SEND |
Occurs when a task is waiting for a communications backlog at the network layer to clear to be able to send messages. Indicates that the communications layer is starting to become overloaded and affect the database mirroring data throughput. |
DBMIRROR_WORKER_QUEUE |
Indicates that the database mirroring worker task is waiting for more work. |
DBMIRRORING_CMD |
Occurs when a task is waiting for log records to be flushed to disk. This wait state is expected to be held for long periods of time. |
DEADLOCK_ENUM_MUTEX |
Occurs when the deadlock monitor and sys.dm_os_waiting_tasks try to make sure that SQL Server is not running multiple deadlock searches at the same time. |
DEADLOCK_TASK_SEARCH |
Large waiting time on this resource indicates that the server is executing queries on top of sys.dm_os_waiting_tasks, and these queries are blocking deadlock monitor from running deadlock search. This wait type is used by deadlock monitor only. Queries on top of sys.dm_os_waiting_tasks use DEADLOCK_ENUM_MUTEX. |
DEBUG |
Occurs during Transact-SQL and CLR debugging for internal synchronization. |
DISABLE_VERSIONING |
Occurs when SQL Server polls the version transaction manager to see whether the timestamp of the earliest active transaction is later than the timestamp of when the state started changing. If this is this case, all the snapshot transactions that were started before the ALTER DATABASE statement was run have finished. This wait state is used when SQL Server disables versioning by using the ALTER DATABASE statement. |
DISKIO_SUSPEND |
Occurs when a task is waiting to access a file when an external backup is active. This is reported for each waiting user process. A count larger than five per user process may indicate that the external backup is taking too much time to finish. |
DISPATCHER_QUEUE_SEMAPHORE |
Occurs when a thread from the dispatcher pool is waiting for more work to process. The wait time for this wait type is expected to increase when the dispatcher is idle. |
DLL_LOADING_MUTEX |
Occurs once while waiting for the XML parser DLL to load. |
DROPTEMP |
Occurs between attempts to drop a temporary object if the previous attempt failed. The wait duration grows exponentially with each failed drop attempt. |
DTC |
Occurs when a task is waiting on an event that is used to manage state transition. This state controls when the recovery of Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) transactions occurs after SQL Server receives notification that the MS DTC service has become unavailable. This state also describes a task that is waiting when a commit of a MS DTC transaction is initiated by SQL Server and SQL Server is waiting for the MS DTC commit to finish. |
DTC_ABORT_REQUEST |
Occurs in a MS DTC worker session when the session is waiting to take ownership of a MS DTC transaction. After MS DTC owns the transaction, the session can roll back the transaction. Generally, the session will wait for another session that is using the transaction. |
DTC_RESOLVE |
Occurs when a recovery task is waiting for the master database in a cross-database transaction so that the task can query the outcome of the transaction. |
DTC_STATE |
Occurs when a task is waiting on an event that protects changes to the internal MS DTC global state object. This state should be held for very short periods of time. |
DTC_TMDOWN_REQUEST |
Occurs in a MS DTC worker session when SQL Server receives notification that the MS DTC service is not available. First, the worker will wait for the MS DTC recovery process to start. Then, the worker waits to obtain the outcome of the distributed transaction that the worker is working on. This may continue until the connection with the MS DTC service has been reestablished. |
DTC_WAITFOR_OUTCOME |
Occurs when recovery tasks wait for MS DTC to become active to enable the resolution of prepared transactions. |
DUMP_LOG_COORDINATOR |
Occurs when a main task is waiting for a subtask to generate data. Ordinarily, this state does not occur. A long wait indicates an unexpected blockage. The subtask should be investigated. |
DUMPTRIGGER |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
EC |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
EE_PMOLOCK |
Occurs during synchronization of certain types of memory allocations during statement execution. |
EE_SPECPROC_MAP_INIT |
Occurs during synchronization of internal procedure hash table creation. This wait can only occur during the initial accessing of the hash table after the SQL Server instance starts. |
ENABLE_VERSIONING |
Occurs when SQL Server waits for all update transactions in this database to finish before declaring the database ready to transition to snapshot isolation allowed state. This state is used when SQL Server enables snapshot isolation by using the ALTER DATABASE statement. |
ERROR_REPORTING_MANAGER |
Occurs during synchronization of multiple concurrent error log initializations. |
EXCHANGE |
Occurs during synchronization in the query processor exchange iterator during parallel queries. |
EXECSYNC |
Occurs during parallel queries while synchronizing in query processor in areas not related to the exchange iterator. Examples of such areas are bitmaps, large binary objects (LOBs), and the spool iterator. LOBs may frequently use this wait state. |
EXECUTION_PIPE_EVENT_INTERNAL |
Occurs during synchronization between producer and consumer parts of batch execution that are submitted through the connection context. |
FAILPOINT |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
FCB_REPLICA_READ |
Occurs when the reads of a snapshot (or a temporary snapshot created by DBCC) sparse file are synchronized. |
FCB_REPLICA_WRITE |
Occurs when the pushing or pulling of a page to a snapshot (or a temporary snapshot created by DBCC) sparse file is synchronized. |
FS_FC_RWLOCK |
Occurs when there is a wait by the FILESTREAM garbage collector to do either of the following:
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FS_GARBAGE_COLLECTOR_SHUTDOWN |
Occurs when the FILESTREAM garbage collector is waiting for cleanup tasks to be completed. |
FS_HEADER_RWLOCK |
Occurs when there is a wait to acquire access to the FILESTREAM header of a FILESTREAM data container to either read or update contents in the FILESTREAM header file (Filestream.hdr). |
FS_LOGTRUNC_RWLOCK |
Occurs when there is a wait to acquire access to FILESTREAM log truncation to do either of the following:
|
FSA_FORCE_OWN_XACT |
Occurs when a FILESTREAM file I/O operation needs to bind to the associated transaction, but the transaction is currently owned by another session. |
FSAGENT |
Occurs when a FILESTREAM file I/O operation is waiting for a FILESTREAM agent resource that is being used by another file I/O operation. |
FSTR_CONFIG_MUTEX |
Occurs when there is a wait for another FILESTREAM feature reconfiguration to be completed. |
FSTR_CONFIG_RWLOCK |
Occurs when there is a wait to serialize access to the FILESTREAM configuration parameters. |
FT_METADATA_MUTEX |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
FT_RESTART_CRAWL |
Occurs when a full-text crawl needs to restart from a last known good point to recover from a transient failure. The wait lets the worker tasks currently working on that population to complete or exit the current step. |
FULLTEXT GATHERER |
Occurs during synchronization of full-text operations. |
GUARDIAN |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
HTTP_ENUMERATION |
Occurs at startup to enumerate the HTTP endpoints to start HTTP. |
HTTP_START |
Occurs when a connection is waiting for HTTP to complete initialization. |
IMPPROV_IOWAIT |
Occurs when SQL Server waits for a bulkload I/O to finish. |
INTERNAL_TESTING |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
IO_AUDIT_MUTEX |
Occurs during synchronization of trace event buffers. |
IO_COMPLETION |
Occurs while waiting for I/O operations to complete. This wait type generally represents non-data page I/Os. Data page I/O completion waits appear as PAGEIOLATCH_* waits. |
IO_RETRY |
Occurs when an I/O operation such as a read or a write to disk fails because of insufficient resources, and is then retried. |
IOAFF_RANGE_QUEUE |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
KSOURCE_WAKEUP |
Used by the service control task while waiting for requests from the Service Control Manager. Long waits are expected and do not indicate a problem. |
KTM_ENLISTMENT |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
KTM_RECOVERY_MANAGER |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
KTM_RECOVERY_RESOLUTION |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
LATCH_DT |
Occurs when waiting for a DT (destroy) latch. This does not include buffer latches or transaction mark latches. A listing of LATCH_* waits is available in sys.dm_os_latch_stats. Note that sys.dm_os_latch_stats groups LATCH_NL, LATCH_SH, LATCH_UP, LATCH_EX, and LATCH_DT waits together. |
LATCH_EX |
Occurs when waiting for an EX (exclusive) latch. This does not include buffer latches or transaction mark latches. A listing of LATCH_* waits is available in sys.dm_os_latch_stats. Note that sys.dm_os_latch_stats groups LATCH_NL, LATCH_SH, LATCH_UP, LATCH_EX, and LATCH_DT waits together. |
LATCH_KP |
Occurs when waiting for a KP (keep) latch. This does not include buffer latches or transaction mark latches. A listing of LATCH_* waits is available in sys.dm_os_latch_stats. Note that sys.dm_os_latch_stats groups LATCH_NL, LATCH_SH, LATCH_UP, LATCH_EX, and LATCH_DT waits together. |
LATCH_NL |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
LATCH_SH |
Occurs when waiting for an SH (share) latch. This does not include buffer latches or transaction mark latches. A listing of LATCH_* waits is available in sys.dm_os_latch_stats. Note that sys.dm_os_latch_stats groups LATCH_NL, LATCH_SH, LATCH_UP, LATCH_EX, and LATCH_DT waits together. |
LATCH_UP |
Occurs when waiting for an UP (update) latch. This does not include buffer latches or transaction mark latches. A listing of LATCH_* waits is available in sys.dm_os_latch_stats. Note that sys.dm_os_latch_stats groups LATCH_NL, LATCH_SH, LATCH_UP, LATCH_EX, and LATCH_DT waits together. |
LAZYWRITER_SLEEP |
Occurs when lazywriter tasks are suspended. This is a measure of the time spent by background tasks that are waiting. Do not consider this state when you are looking for user stalls. |
LCK_M_BU |
Occurs when a task is waiting to acquire a Bulk Update (BU) lock. For a lock compatibility matrix, see sys.dm_tran_locks (Transact-SQL). |
LCK_M_IS |
Occurs when a task is waiting to acquire an Intent Shared (IS) lock. For a lock compatibility matrix, see sys.dm_tran_locks (Transact-SQL). |
LCK_M_IU |
Occurs when a task is waiting to acquire an Intent Update (IU) lock. For a lock compatibility matrix, see sys.dm_tran_locks (Transact-SQL). |
LCK_M_IX |
Occurs when a task is waiting to acquire an Intent Exclusive (IX) lock. For a lock compatibility matrix, see sys.dm_tran_locks (Transact-SQL). |
LCK_M_RIn_NL |
Occurs when a task is waiting to acquire a NULL lock on the current key value, and an Insert Range lock between the current and previous key. A NULL lock on the key is an instant release lock. For a lock compatibility matrix, see sys.dm_tran_locks (Transact-SQL). |
LCK_M_RIn_S |
Occurs when a task is waiting to acquire a shared lock on the current key value, and an Insert Range lock between the current and previous key. For a lock compatibility matrix, see sys.dm_tran_locks (Transact-SQL). |
LCK_M_RIn_U |
Task is waiting to acquire an Update lock on the current key value, and an Insert Range lock between the current and previous key. For a lock compatibility matrix, see sys.dm_tran_locks (Transact-SQL). |
LCK_M_RIn_X |
Occurs when a task is waiting to acquire an Exclusive lock on the current key value, and an Insert Range lock between the current and previous key. For a lock compatibility matrix, see sys.dm_tran_locks (Transact-SQL). |
LCK_M_RS_S |
Occurs when a task is waiting to acquire a Shared lock on the current key value, and a Shared Range lock between the current and previous key. For a lock compatibility matrix, see sys.dm_tran_locks (Transact-SQL). |
LCK_M_RS_U |
Occurs when a task is waiting to acquire an Update lock on the current key value, and an Update Range lock between the current and previous key. For a lock compatibility matrix, see sys.dm_tran_locks (Transact-SQL). |
LCK_M_RX_S |
Occurs when a task is waiting to acquire a Shared lock on the current key value, and an Exclusive Range lock between the current and previous key. For a lock compatibility matrix, see sys.dm_tran_locks (Transact-SQL). |
LCK_M_RX_U |
Occurs when a task is waiting to acquire an Update lock on the current key value, and an Exclusive range lock between the current and previous key. For a lock compatibility matrix, see sys.dm_tran_locks (Transact-SQL). |
LCK_M_RX_X |
Occurs when a task is waiting to acquire an Exclusive lock on the current key value, and an Exclusive Range lock between the current and previous key. For a lock compatibility matrix, see sys.dm_tran_locks (Transact-SQL). |
LCK_M_S |
Occurs when a task is waiting to acquire a Shared lock. For a lock compatibility matrix, see sys.dm_tran_locks (Transact-SQL). |
LCK_M_SCH_M |
Occurs when a task is waiting to acquire a Schema Modify lock. For a lock compatibility matrix, see sys.dm_tran_locks (Transact-SQL). |
LCK_M_SCH_S |
Occurs when a task is waiting to acquire a Schema Share lock. For a lock compatibility matrix, see sys.dm_tran_locks (Transact-SQL). |
LCK_M_SIU |
Occurs when a task is waiting to acquire a Shared With Intent Update lock. For a lock compatibility matrix, see sys.dm_tran_locks (Transact-SQL). |
LCK_M_SIX |
Occurs when a task is waiting to acquire a Shared With Intent Exclusive lock. For a lock compatibility matrix, see sys.dm_tran_locks (Transact-SQL). |
LCK_M_U |
Occurs when a task is waiting to acquire an Update lock. For a lock compatibility matrix, see sys.dm_tran_locks (Transact-SQL). |
LCK_M_UIX |
Occurs when a task is waiting to acquire an Update With Intent Exclusive lock. For a lock compatibility matrix, see sys.dm_tran_locks (Transact-SQL). |
LCK_M_X |
Occurs when a task is waiting to acquire an Exclusive lock. For a lock compatibility matrix, see sys.dm_tran_locks (Transact-SQL). |
LOGBUFFER |
Occurs when a task is waiting for space in the log buffer to store a log record. Consistently high values may indicate that the log devices cannot keep up with the amount of log being generated by the server. |
LOGGENERATION |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
LOGMGR |
Occurs when a task is waiting for any outstanding log I/Os to finish before shutting down the log while closing the database. |
LOGMGR_FLUSH |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
LOGMGR_QUEUE |
Occurs while the log writer task waits for work requests. |
LOGMGR_RESERVE_APPEND |
Occurs when a task is waiting to see whether log truncation frees up log space to enable the task to write a new log record. Consider increasing the size of the log file(s) for the affected database to reduce this wait. |
LOWFAIL_MEMMGR_QUEUE |
Occurs while waiting for memory to be available for use. |
MISCELLANEOUS |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
MSQL_DQ |
Occurs when a task is waiting for a distributed query operation to finish. This is used to detect potential Multiple Active Result Set (MARS) application deadlocks. The wait ends when the distributed query call finishes. |
MSQL_XACT_MGR_MUTEX |
Occurs when a task is waiting to obtain ownership of the session transaction manager to perform a session level transaction operation. |
MSQL_XACT_MUTEX |
Occurs during synchronization of transaction usage. A request must acquire the mutex before it can use the transaction. |
MSQL_XP |
Occurs when a task is waiting for an extended stored procedure to end. SQL Server uses this wait state to detect potential MARS application deadlocks. The wait stops when the extended stored procedure call ends. |
MSSEARCH |
Occurs during Full-Text Search calls. This wait ends when the full-text operation completes. It does not indicate contention, but rather the duration of full-text operations. |
NET_WAITFOR_PACKET |
Occurs when a connection is waiting for a network packet during a network read. |
OLEDB |
Occurs when SQL Server calls the SQL Server Native Client OLE DB Provider. This wait type is not used for synchronization. Instead, it indicates the duration of calls to the OLE DB provider. |
ONDEMAND_TASK_QUEUE |
Occurs while a background task waits for high priority system task requests. Long wait times indicate that there have been no high priority requests to process, and should not cause concern. |
PAGEIOLATCH_DT |
Occurs when a task is waiting on a latch for a buffer that is in an I/O request. The latch request is in Destroy mode. Long waits may indicate problems with the disk subsystem. |
PAGEIOLATCH_EX |
Occurs when a task is waiting on a latch for a buffer that is in an I/O request. The latch request is in Exclusive mode. Long waits may indicate problems with the disk subsystem. |
PAGEIOLATCH_KP |
Occurs when a task is waiting on a latch for a buffer that is in an I/O request. The latch request is in Keep mode. Long waits may indicate problems with the disk subsystem. |
PAGEIOLATCH_NL |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
PAGEIOLATCH_SH |
Occurs when a task is waiting on a latch for a buffer that is in an I/O request. The latch request is in Shared mode. Long waits may indicate problems with the disk subsystem. |
PAGEIOLATCH_UP |
Occurs when a task is waiting on a latch for a buffer that is in an I/O request. The latch request is in Update mode. Long waits may indicate problems with the disk subsystem. |
PAGELATCH_DT |
Occurs when a task is waiting on a latch for a buffer that is not in an I/O request. The latch request is in Destroy mode. |
PAGELATCH_EX |
Occurs when a task is waiting on a latch for a buffer that is not in an I/O request. The latch request is in Exclusive mode. |
PAGELATCH_KP |
Occurs when a task is waiting on a latch for a buffer that is not in an I/O request. The latch request is in Keep mode. |
PAGELATCH_NL |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
PAGELATCH_SH |
Occurs when a task is waiting on a latch for a buffer that is not in an I/O request. The latch request is in Shared mode. |
PAGELATCH_UP |
Occurs when a task is waiting on a latch for a buffer that is not in an I/O request. The latch request is in Update mode. |
PARALLEL_BACKUP_QUEUE |
Occurs when serializing output produced by RESTORE HEADERONLY, RESTORE FILELISTONLY, or RESTORE LABELONLY. |
PREEMPTIVE_ABR |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
PREEMPTIVE_AUDIT_ACCESS_EVENTLOG |
Occurs when the SQL Server Operating System (SQLOS) scheduler switches to preemptive mode to write an audit event to the Windows event log. |
PREEMPTIVE_AUDIT_ACCESS_SECLOG |
Occurs when the SQLOS scheduler switches to preemptive mode to write an audit event to the Windows Security log. |
PREEMPTIVE_CLOSEBACKUPMEDIA |
Occurs when the SQLOS scheduler switches to preemptive mode to close backup media. |
PREEMPTIVE_CLOSEBACKUPTAPE |
Occurs when the SQLOS scheduler switches to preemptive mode to close a tape backup device. |
PREEMPTIVE_CLOSEBACKUPVDIDEVICE |
Occurs when the SQLOS scheduler switches to preemptive mode to close a virtual backup device. |
PREEMPTIVE_CLUSAPI_CLUSTERRESOURCECONTROL |
Occurs when the SQLOS scheduler switches to preemptive mode to perform Windows failover cluster operations. |
PREEMPTIVE_COM_COCREATEINSTANCE |
Occurs when the SQLOS scheduler switches to preemptive mode to create a COM object. |
PREEMPTIVE_SOSTESTING |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
PREEMPTIVE_STRESSDRIVER |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
PREEMPTIVE_TESTING |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
PREEMPTIVE_XETESTING |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
PRINT_ROLLBACK_PROGRESS |
Used to wait while user processes are ended in a database that has been transitioned by using the ALTER DATABASE termination clause. For more information, see ALTER DATABASE (Transact-SQL). |
QPJOB_KILL |
Indicates that an asynchronous automatic statistics update was canceled by a call to KILL as the update was starting to run. The terminating thread is suspended, waiting for it to start listening for KILL commands. A good value is less than one second. |
QPJOB_WAITFOR_ABORT |
Indicates that an asynchronous automatic statistics update was canceled by a call to KILL when it was running. The update has now completed but is suspended until the terminating thread message coordination is complete. This is an ordinary but rare state, and should be very short. A good value is less than one second. |
QRY_MEM_GRANT_INFO_MUTEX |
Occurs when Query Execution memory management tries to control access to static grant information list. This state lists information about the current granted and waiting memory requests. This state is a simple access control state. There should never be a long wait on this state. If this mutex is not released, all new memory-using queries will stop responding. |
QUERY_ERRHDL_SERVICE_DONE |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
QUERY_EXECUTION_INDEX_SORT_EVENT_OPEN |
Occurs in certain cases when offline create index build is run in parallel, and the different worker threads that are sorting synchronize access to the sort files. |
QUERY_NOTIFICATION_MGR_MUTEX |
Occurs during synchronization of the garbage collection queue in the Query Notification Manager. |
QUERY_NOTIFICATION_SUBSCRIPTION_MUTEX |
Occurs during state synchronization for transactions in Query Notifications. |
QUERY_NOTIFICATION_TABLE_MGR_MUTEX |
Occurs during internal synchronization within the Query Notification Manager. |
QUERY_NOTIFICATION_UNITTEST_MUTEX |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
QUERY_OPTIMIZER_PRINT_MUTEX |
Occurs during synchronization of query optimizer diagnostic output production. This wait type only occurs if diagnostic settings have been enabled under direction of Microsoft Product Support. |
QUERY_TRACEOUT |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
QUERY_WAIT_ERRHDL_SERVICE |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
RECOVER_CHANGEDB |
Occurs during synchronization of database status in warm standby database. |
REPL_CACHE_ACCESS |
Occurs during synchronization on a replication article cache. During these waits, the replication log reader stalls, and data definition language (DDL) statements on a published table are blocked. |
REPL_SCHEMA_ACCESS |
Occurs during synchronization of replication schema version information. This state exists when DDL statements are executed on the replicated object, and when the log reader builds or consumes versioned schema based on DDL occurrence. |
REPLICA_WRITES |
Occurs while a task waits for completion of page writes to database snapshots or DBCC replicas. |
REQUEST_DISPENSER_PAUSE |
Occurs when a task is waiting for all outstanding I/O to complete, so that I/O to a file can be frozen for snapshot backup. |
REQUEST_FOR_DEADLOCK_SEARCH |
Occurs while the deadlock monitor waits to start the next deadlock search. This wait is expected between deadlock detections, and lengthy total waiting time on this resource does not indicate a problem. |
RESMGR_THROTTLED |
Occurs when a new request comes in and is throttled based on the GROUP_MAX_REQUESTS setting. |
RESOURCE_QUEUE |
Occurs during synchronization of various internal resource queues. |
RESOURCE_SEMAPHORE |
Occurs when a query memory request cannot be granted immediately due to other concurrent queries. High waits and wait times may indicate excessive number of concurrent queries, or excessive memory request amounts. |
RESOURCE_SEMAPHORE_MUTEX |
Occurs while a query waits for its request for a thread reservation to be fulfilled. It also occurs when synchronizing query compile and memory grant requests. |
RESOURCE_SEMAPHORE_QUERY_COMPILE |
Occurs when the number of concurrent query compilations reaches a throttling limit. High waits and wait times may indicate excessive compilations, recompiles, or uncacheable plans. |
RESOURCE_SEMAPHORE_SMALL_QUERY |
Occurs when memory request by a small query cannot be granted immediately due to other concurrent queries. Wait time should not exceed more than a few seconds, because the server transfers the request to the main query memory pool if it fails to grant the requested memory within a few seconds. High waits may indicate an excessive number of concurrent small queries while the main memory pool is blocked by waiting queries. |
SEC_DROP_TEMP_KEY |
Occurs after a failed attempt to drop a temporary security key before a retry attempt. |
SECURITY_MUTEX |
Occurs when there is a wait for mutexes that control access to the global list of Extensible Key Management (EKM) cryptographic providers and the session-scoped list of EKM sessions. |
SEQUENTIAL_GUID |
Occurs while a new sequential GUID is being obtained. |
SERVER_IDLE_CHECK |
Occurs during synchronization of SQL Server instance idle status when a resource monitor is attempting to declare a SQL Server instance as idle or trying to wake up. |
SHUTDOWN |
Occurs while a shutdown statement waits for active connections to exit. |
SLEEP_BPOOL_FLUSH |
Occurs when a checkpoint is throttling the issuance of new I/Os in order to avoid flooding the disk subsystem. |
SLEEP_DBSTARTUP |
Occurs during database startup while waiting for all databases to recover. |
SLEEP_DCOMSTARTUP |
Occurs once at most during SQL Server instance startup while waiting for DCOM initialization to complete. |
SLEEP_MSDBSTARTUP |
Occurs when SQL Trace waits for the msdb database to complete startup. |
SLEEP_SYSTEMTASK |
Occurs during the start of a background task while waiting for tempdb to complete startup. |
SLEEP_TASK |
Occurs when a task sleeps while waiting for a generic event to occur. |
SLEEP_TEMPDBSTARTUP |
Occurs while a task waits for tempdb to complete startup. |
SNI_CRITICAL_SECTION |
Occurs during internal synchronization within SQL Server networking components. |
SNI_HTTP_WAITFOR_0_DISCON |
Occurs during SQL Server shutdown, while waiting for outstanding HTTP connections to exit. |
SNI_LISTENER_ACCESS |
Occurs while waiting for non-uniform memory access (NUMA) nodes to update state change. Access to state change is serialized. |
SNI_TASK_COMPLETION |
Occurs when there is a wait for all tasks to finish during a NUMA node state change. |
SOAP_READ |
Occurs while waiting for an HTTP network read to complete. |
SOAP_WRITE |
Occurs while waiting for an HTTP network write to complete. |
SOS_CALLBACK_REMOVAL |
Occurs while performing synchronization on a callback list in order to remove a callback. It is not expected for this counter to change after server initialization is completed. |
SOS_DISPATCHER_MUTEX |
Occurs during internal synchronization of the dispatcher pool. This includes when the pool is being adjusted. |
SOS_LOCALALLOCATORLIST |
Occurs during internal synchronization in the SQL Server memory manager. |
SOS_MEMORY_USAGE_ADJUSTMENT |
Occurs when memory usage is being adjusted among pools. |
SOS_OBJECT_STORE_DESTROY_MUTEX |
Occurs during internal synchronization in memory pools when destroying objects from the pool. |
SOS_PROCESS_AFFINITY_MUTEX |
Occurs during synchronizing of access to process affinity settings. |
SOS_RESERVEDMEMBLOCKLIST |
Occurs during internal synchronization in the SQL Server memory manager. |
SOS_SCHEDULER_YIELD |
Occurs when a task voluntarily yields the scheduler for other tasks to execute. During this wait the task is waiting for its quantum to be renewed. |
SOS_SMALL_PAGE_ALLOC |
Occurs during the allocation and freeing of memory that is managed by some memory objects. |
SOS_STACKSTORE_INIT_MUTEX |
Occurs during synchronization of internal store initialization. |
SOS_SYNC_TASK_ENQUEUE_EVENT |
Occurs when a task is started in a synchronous manner. Most tasks in SQL Server are started in an asynchronous manner, in which control returns to the starter immediately after the task request has been placed on the work queue. |
SOS_VIRTUALMEMORY_LOW |
Occurs when a memory allocation waits for a resource manager to free up virtual memory. |
SOSHOST_EVENT |
Occurs when a hosted component, such as CLR, waits on a SQL Server event synchronization object. |
SOSHOST_INTERNAL |
Occurs during synchronization of memory manager callbacks used by hosted components, such as CLR. |
SOSHOST_MUTEX |
Occurs when a hosted component, such as CLR, waits on a SQL Server mutex synchronization object. |
SOSHOST_RWLOCK |
Occurs when a hosted component, such as CLR, waits on a SQL Server reader-writer synchronization object. |
SOSHOST_SEMAPHORE |
Occurs when a hosted component, such as CLR, waits on a SQL Server semaphore synchronization object. |
SOSHOST_SLEEP |
Occurs when a hosted task sleeps while waiting for a generic event to occur. Hosted tasks are used by hosted components such as CLR. |
SOSHOST_TRACELOCK |
Occurs during synchronization of access to trace streams. |
SOSHOST_WAITFORDONE |
Occurs when a hosted component, such as CLR, waits for a task to complete. |
SQLCLR_APPDOMAIN |
Occurs while CLR waits for an application domain to complete startup. |
SQLCLR_ASSEMBLY |
Occurs while waiting for access to the loaded assembly list in the appdomain. |
SQLCLR_DEADLOCK_DETECTION |
Occurs while CLR waits for deadlock detection to complete. |
SQLCLR_QUANTUM_PUNISHMENT |
Occurs when a CLR task is throttled because it has exceeded its execution quantum. This throttling is done in order to reduce the effect of this resource-intensive task on other tasks. |
SQLSORT_NORMMUTEX |
Occurs during internal synchronization, while initializing internal sorting structures. |
SQLSORT_SORTMUTEX |
Occurs during internal synchronization, while initializing internal sorting structures. |
SQLTRACE_BUFFER_FLUSH |
Occurs when a task is waiting for a background task to flush trace buffers to disk every four seconds. |
SQLTRACE_LOCK |
Occurs during synchronization on trace buffers during a file trace. |
SQLTRACE_SHUTDOWN |
Occurs while trace shutdown waits for outstanding trace events to complete. |
SQLTRACE_WAIT_ENTRIES |
Occurs while a SQL Trace event queue waits for packets to arrive on the queue. |
SRVPROC_SHUTDOWN |
Occurs while the shutdown process waits for internal resources to be released to shutdown cleanly. |
TEMPOBJ |
Occurs when temporary object drops are synchronized. This wait is rare, and only occurs if a task has requested exclusive access for temp table drops. |
THREADPOOL |
Occurs when a task is waiting for a worker to run on. This can indicate that the maximum worker setting is too low, or that batch executions are taking unusually long, thus reducing the number of workers available to satisfy other batches. |
TIMEPRIV_TIMEPERIOD |
Occurs during internal synchronization of the Extended Events timer. |
TRACEWRITE |
Occurs when the SQL Trace rowset trace provider waits for either a free buffer or a buffer with events to process. |
TRAN_MARKLATCH_DT |
Occurs when waiting for a destroy mode latch on a transaction mark latch. Transaction mark latches are used for synchronization of commits with marked transactions. |
TRAN_MARKLATCH_EX |
Occurs when waiting for an exclusive mode latch on a marked transaction. Transaction mark latches are used for synchronization of commits with marked transactions. |
TRAN_MARKLATCH_KP |
Occurs when waiting for a keep mode latch on a marked transaction. Transaction mark latches are used for synchronization of commits with marked transactions. |
TRAN_MARKLATCH_NL |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
TRAN_MARKLATCH_SH |
Occurs when waiting for a shared mode latch on a marked transaction. Transaction mark latches are used for synchronization of commits with marked transactions. |
TRAN_MARKLATCH_UP |
Occurs when waiting for an update mode latch on a marked transaction. Transaction mark latches are used for synchronization of commits with marked transactions. |
TRANSACTION_MUTEX |
Occurs during synchronization of access to a transaction by multiple batches. |
UTIL_PAGE_ALLOC |
Occurs when transaction log scans wait for memory to be available during memory pressure. |
VIA_ACCEPT |
Occurs when a Virtual Interface Adapter (VIA) provider connection is completed during startup. |
VIEW_DEFINITION_MUTEX |
Occurs during synchronization on access to cached view definitions. |
WAIT_FOR_RESULTS |
Occurs when waiting for a query notification to be triggered. |
WAITFOR |
Occurs as a result of a WAITFOR Transact-SQL statement. The duration of the wait is determined by the parameters to the statement. This is a user-initiated wait. |
WAITFOR_TASKSHUTDOWN |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
WAITSTAT_MUTEX |
Occurs during synchronization of access to the collection of statistics used to populate sys.dm_os_wait_stats. |
WCC |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
WORKTBL_DROP |
Occurs while pausing before retrying, after a failed worktable drop. |
WRITE_COMPLETION |
Occurs when a write operation is in progress. |
WRITELOG |
Occurs while waiting for a log flush to complete. Common operations that cause log flushes are checkpoints and transaction commits. |
XACT_OWN_TRANSACTION |
Occurs while waiting to acquire ownership of a transaction. |
XACT_RECLAIM_SESSION |
Occurs while waiting for the current owner of a session to release ownership of the session. |
XACTLOCKINFO |
Occurs during synchronization of access to the list of locks for a transaction. In addition to the transaction itself, the list of locks is accessed by operations such as deadlock detection and lock migration during page splits. |
XACTWORKSPACE_MUTEX |
Occurs during synchronization of defections from a transaction, as well as the number of database locks between enlist members of a transaction. |
XE_BUFFERMGR_ALLPROCESSED_EVENT |
Occurs when Extended Events session buffers are flushed to targets. This wait occurs on a background thread. |
XE_BUFFERMGR_FREEBUF_EVENT |
Occurs when either of the following conditions is true:
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XE_DISPATCHER_CONFIG_SESSION_LIST |
Occurs when an Extended Events session that is using asynchronous targets is started or stopped. This wait indicates either of the following:
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XE_DISPATCHER_JOIN |
Occurs when a background thread that is used for Extended Events sessions is terminating. |
XE_DISPATCHER_WAIT |
Occurs when a background thread that is used for Extended Events sessions is waiting for event buffers to process. |
XE_MODULEMGR_SYNC |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
XE_OLS_LOCK |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
XE_PACKAGE_LOCK_BACKOFF |
Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
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