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QUERY_OPTIMIZER_PRINT_MUTEX

Category: Other
SQL Server versions: 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017

What is QUERY_OPTIMIZER_PRINT_MUTEX?

1 Answer

 

Occurs during synchronization of query optimizer diagnostic output production. This wait type only occurs if diagnostic settings have been enabled under direction of Microsoft Product Support. Information from Microsoft®

Never

This wait has never occurred recently

QUERY_OPTIMIZER_PRINT_MUTEX has not occurred recently on 4207 instances checked.

Prevalence of QUERY_OPTIMIZER_PRINT_MUTEX across the Spotlight Population