Parsed test spec with 2 sessions starting permutation: s2check s1b s2b s1i s2summ s1c s2c s2check step s2check: SELECT * FROM brin_page_items(get_raw_page('brinidx', 2), 'brinidx'::regclass); itemoffset|blknum|attnum|allnulls|hasnulls|placeholder|value ----------+------+------+--------+--------+-----------+-------- 1| 0| 1|f |t |f |{1 .. 1} (1 row) step s1b: BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL REPEATABLE READ; step s2b: BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL REPEATABLE READ; SELECT 1; ?column? -------- 1 (1 row) step s1i: INSERT INTO brin_iso VALUES (1000); step s2summ: SELECT brin_summarize_new_values('brinidx'::regclass); brin_summarize_new_values ------------------------- 1 (1 row) step s1c: COMMIT; step s2c: COMMIT; step s2check: SELECT * FROM brin_page_items(get_raw_page('brinidx', 2), 'brinidx'::regclass); itemoffset|blknum|attnum|allnulls|hasnulls|placeholder|value ----------+------+------+--------+--------+-----------+----------- 1| 0| 1|f |t |f |{1 .. 1} 2| 1| 1|f |f |f |{1 .. 1000} (2 rows) starting permutation: s2check s1b s1i s2vacuum s1c s2check step s2check: SELECT * FROM brin_page_items(get_raw_page('brinidx', 2), 'brinidx'::regclass); itemoffset|blknum|attnum|allnulls|hasnulls|placeholder|value ----------+------+------+--------+--------+-----------+-------- 1| 0| 1|f |t |f |{1 .. 1} (1 row) step s1b: BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL REPEATABLE READ; step s1i: INSERT INTO brin_iso VALUES (1000); step s2vacuum: VACUUM brin_iso; step s1c: COMMIT; step s2check: SELECT * FROM brin_page_items(get_raw_page('brinidx', 2), 'brinidx'::regclass); itemoffset|blknum|attnum|allnulls|hasnulls|placeholder|value ----------+------+------+--------+--------+-----------+----------- 1| 0| 1|f |t |f |{1 .. 1} 2| 1| 1|f |f |f |{1 .. 1000} (2 rows)