The following list describes threadStatevalues that are associated with general query processing and not more specialized activities such as replication. Many of these are useful only for finding bugs in the server.
After create
This occurs when the thread creates a table (including internal temporary tables), at the end of the function that creates the table. This state is used even if the table could not be created due to some error.
Analyzing
The thread is calculating aMyISAMtable key distributions (for example, for).
checking permissions
The thread is checking whether the server has the required privileges to execute the statement.
Checking table
The thread is performing a table check operation.
cleaning up
The thread has processed one command and is preparing to free memory and reset certain state variables.
closing tables
The thread is flushing the changed table data to disk and closing the used tables. This should be a fast operation. If not, verify that you do not have a full disk and that the disk is not in very heavy use.
converting HEAP to MyISAM
The thread is converting an internal temporary table from aMEMORYtable to an on-diskMyISAMtable.
copy to tmp table
The thread is processing anstatement. This state occurs after the table with the new structure has been created but before rows are copied into it.
Copying to group table
If a statement has differentORDER BYandGROUP BYcriteria, the rows are sorted by group and copied to a temporary table.
Copying to tmp table
The server is copying to a temporary table in memory.
Copying to tmp table on disk
The server is copying to a temporary table on disk. The temporary result set has become too large (see). Consequently, the thread is changing the temporary table from in-memory to disk-based format to save memory.
Creating index
The thread is processingALTER TABLE ... ENABLE KEYSfor aMyISAMtable.
Creating sort index
The thread is processing athat is resolved using an internal temporary table.
creating table
The thread is creating a table. This includes creation of temporary tables.
Creating tmp table
The thread is creating a temporary table in memory or on disk. If the table is created in memory but later is converted to an on-disk table, the state during that operation will beCopying to tmp table on disk.
deleting from main table
The server is executing the first part of a multiple-table delete. It is deleting only from the first table, and saving columns and offsets to be used for deleting from the other (reference) tables.
deleting from reference tables
The server is executing the second part of a multiple-table delete and deleting the matched rows from the other tables.
discard_or_import_tablespace
The thread is processing anALTER TABLE ... DISCARD TABLESPACEorALTER TABLE ... IMPORT TABLESPACEstatement.
end
This occurs at the end but before the cleanup of,,,,, orstatements.
executing
The thread has begun executing a statement.
Execution of init_command
The thread is executing statements in the value of theinit_commandsystem variable.
freeing items
The thread has executed a command. Some freeing of items done during this state involves the query cache. This state is usually followed bycleaning up.
Flushing tables
The thread is executingand is waiting for all threads to close their tables.
FULLTEXT initialization
The server is preparing to perform a natural-language full-text search.
init
This occurs before the initialization of,,,, orstatements. Actions taken by the server in this state include flushing the binary log, theInnoDBlog, and some query cache cleanup operations.
For theendstate, the following operations could be happening:
Removing query cache entries after data in a table is changed
Writing an event to the binary log
Freeing memory buffers, including for blobs
Killed
Someone has sent astatement to the thread and it should abort next time it checks the kill flag. The flag is checked in each major loop in MySQL, but in some cases it might still take a short time for the thread to die. If the thread is locked by some other thread, the kill takes effect as soon as the other thread releases its lock.
Locked
The query is locked by another query.
As of MySQL 5.5.3, this state was removed because it was equivalent to theTable lockstate and no longer appears inoutput.
logging slow query
The thread is writing a statement to the slow-query log.
NULL
This state is used for thestate.
login
The initial state for a connection thread until the client has been authenticated successfully.
manage keys
The server is enabling or disabling a table index.
Opening tables,Opening table
The thread is trying to open a table. This is should be very fast procedure, unless something prevents opening. For example, anor astatement can prevent opening a table until the statement is finished. It is also worth checking that yourvalue is large enough.
optimizing
The server is performing initial optimizations for a query.
preparing
This state occurs during query optimization.
Purging old relay logs
The thread is removing unneeded relay log files.
query end
This state occurs after processing a query but before thefreeing itemsstate.
Reading from net
The server is reading a packet from the network.
Removing duplicates
The query was usingin such a way that MySQL could not optimize away the distinct operation at an early stage. Because of this, MySQL requires an extra stage to remove all duplicated rows before sending the result to the client.
removing tmp table
The thread is removing an internal temporary table after processing astatement. This state is not used if no temporary table was created.
rename
The thread is renaming a table.
rename result table
The thread is processing anstatement, has created the new table, and is renaming it to replace the original table.
Reopen tables
The thread got a lock for the table, but noticed after getting the lock that the underlying table structure changed. It has freed the lock, closed the table, and is trying to reopen it.
Repair by sorting
The repair code is using a sort to create indexes.
Repair done
The thread has completed a multi-threaded repair for aMyISAMtable.
Repair with keycache
The repair code is using creating keys one by one through the key cache. This is much slower thanRepair by sorting.
Rolling back
The thread is rolling back a transaction.
Saving state
ForMyISAMtable operations such as repair or analysis, the thread is saving the new table state to the.MYIfile header. State includes information such as number of rows, theAUTO_INCREMENTcounter, and key distributions.
Searching rows for update
The thread is doing a first phase to find all matching rows before updating them. This has to be done if theis changing the index that is used to find the involved rows.
Sending data
The thread is reading and processing rows for astatement, and sending data to the client. Because operations occurring during this this state tend to perform large amounts of disk access (reads), it is often the longest-running state over the lifetime of a given query.
setup
The thread is beginning anoperation.
Sorting for group
The thread is doing a sort to satisfy aGROUP BY.
Sorting for order
The thread is doing a sort to satisfy aORDER BY.
Sorting index
The thread is sorting index pages for more efficient access during aMyISAMtable optimization operation.
Sorting result
For astatement, this is similar toCreating sort index, but for nontemporary tables.
statistics
The server is calculating statistics to develop a query execution plan. If a thread is in this state for a long time, the server is probably disk-bound performing other work.
System lock
The thread is going to request or is waiting for an internal or external system lock for the table. If this state is being caused by requests for external locks and you are not using multipleservers that are accessing the sametables, you can disable external system locks with theoption. However, external locking is disabled by default, so it is likely that this option will have no effect. For, this state means the thread is requesting the lock (not waiting for it).
Table lock
The next thread state afterSystem lock. The thread has acquired an external lock and is going to request an internal table lock.
This state was replaced in MySQL 5.5.6 withWaiting for table level lock.
Updating
The thread is searching for rows to update and is updating them.
updating main table
The server is executing the first part of a multiple-table update. It is updating only the first table, and saving columns and offsets to be used for updating the other (reference) tables.
updating reference tables
The server is executing the second part of a multiple-table update and updating the matched rows from the other tables.
User lock
The thread is going to request or is waiting for an advisory lock requested with acall. For, this state means the thread is requesting the lock (not waiting for it).
User sleep
The thread has invoked acall.
Waiting for all running commits to finish
A statement that causes an explicit or implicit commit is waiting for release of a read lock. This state was removed in MySQL 5.5.8;Waiting for commit lockis used instead.
Waiting for commit lock
A statement that causes an explicit or implicit commit is waiting for release of a read lock or) is waiting for a commit lock. This state was added in MySQL 5.5.8.
Waiting for global read lock
) is waiting for a global read lock.
Waiting for release of readlock
The thread is waiting for a global read lock obtained by another thread (with) to be released. This state was removed in MySQL 5.5.8;Waiting for global read lockorWaiting for commit lockare used instead.
Waiting for tables,Waiting for table,Waiting for table flush
The thread got a notification that the underlying structure for a table has changed and it needs to reopen the table to get the new structure. However, to reopen the table, it must wait until all other threads have closed the table in question.
This notification takes place if another thread has usedor one of the following statements on the table in question:FLUSH TABLEStbl_name,,,,, or.
In MySQL 5.5.6,Waiting for tablewas replaced withWaiting for table flush.
Waiting forlock_typelock
The server is waiting to acquire a lock, wherelock_typeindicates the type of lock:
Waiting for event metadata lock(added in MySQL 5.5.8)
Waiting for global metadata lock(replaced byWaiting for global read lockin MySQL 5.5.8)
Waiting for global read lock(added in MySQL 5.5.8)
Waiting for schema metadata lock
Waiting for stored function metadata lock
Waiting for stored procedure metadata lock
Waiting for table level lock
Waiting for table metadata lock
Waiting for trigger metadata lock(added in MySQL 5.5.8)
Waiting on cond
A generic state in which the thread is waiting for a condition to become true. No specific state information is available.
Waiting to get readlock
The thread has issued astatement to obtain a global read lock and is waiting to obtain the lock. This state was removed in MySQL 5.5.8;Waiting for global read lockis used instead.
Writing to net
The server is writing a packet to the network.