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Learn why PostgreSQL FOREIGN KEY and UNIQUE constraints become bottlenecks at high ingest rates—and four proven ways to reduce write latency safely.
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At low volumes, PostgreSQL FOREIGN KEY and UNIQUE constraints are nearly invisible. At 50K+ inserts per second, they can become the primary write bottleneck through index lookups, MultiXact contention, and additional WAL generation. This guide explains what happens during constrained inserts, how to diagnose constraint-related lock waits, and four practical techniques to preserve data integrity while restoring ingest performance.