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LCK_M_RIn_U_LOW_PRIORITY

Category: Lock
SQL Server versions: 2014, 2016, 2017

What is LCK_M_RIn_U_LOW_PRIORITY?

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Task is waiting to acquire an Update lock with Low Priority on the current key value, and an Insert Range lock with Low Priority between the current and previous key. (Related to the low priority wait option of ALTER TABLE and ALTER INDEX.) Information from Microsoft®

Never

This wait has never occurred recently

LCK_M_RIn_U_LOW_PRIORITY has not occurred recently on 4207 instances checked.

Prevalence of LCK_M_RIn_U_LOW_PRIORITY across the Spotlight Population