--- title: PostgreSQL plan_cache_mode | daily.dev description: This post discusses the PostgreSQL plan_cache_mode setting and its usefulness in generating custom execution plans. It also explains how PostgreSQL uses... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/postgresql-plan-cache-mode-css0t51ug twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: PostgreSQL plan_cache_mode | daily.dev og:description: This post discusses the PostgreSQL plan_cache_mode setting and its usefulness in generating custom execution plans. It also explains how PostgreSQL uses... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/postgresql-plan-cache-mode-css0t51ug og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CSs0T51Ug.png og:image:alt: PostgreSQL plan_cache_mode og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # PostgreSQL plan_cache_mode **[Vlad Mihalcea](https://daily.dev/sources/vladmihalcea)** · 10 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary This post discusses the PostgreSQL plan_cache_mode setting and its usefulness in generating custom execution plans. It also explains how PostgreSQL uses indexes when filtering by status and introduces the force_custom_plan option. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#database](https://daily.dev/tags/database), [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/postgresql-plan-cache-mode-css0t51ug) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"PostgreSQL plan_cache_mode","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/postgresql-plan-cache-mode-css0t51ug","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/postgresql-plan-cache-mode-css0t51ug"},"datePublished":"2024-05-15T15:45:01.038Z","dateModified":"2024-05-15T15:45:00.498Z","description":"This post discusses the PostgreSQL plan_cache_mode setting and its usefulness in generating custom execution plans. It also explains how PostgreSQL uses...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c5b3525dec778ad3c3d185a5ea834dad?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c5b3525dec778ad3c3d185a5ea834dad?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Vlad Mihalcea","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Vlad Mihalcea","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/5dd0066095304e2ea086956d3ed96c1b","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/vladmihalcea"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/postgresql-plan-cache-mode-css0t51ug","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"performance,database,postgresql","timeRequired":"PT10M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Vlad Mihalcea","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/vladmihalcea"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"PostgreSQL plan_cache_mode"}]} ```