List active databases with significant temporary file usage indicating memory pressure.
AI agents call PostgreSQL_active_temp_file_users to retrieve information from Postgres without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries PostgreSQL's system information to identify databases with high temporary file usage. It performs read-only inspection of database state for monitoring and diagnostics purposes. The sibling tools (analyze_*, check_*) further confirm this server's diagnostic focus. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'List' action and description states 'List active databases' - a query operation that retrieves diagnostic information about temporary file usage without modifying data.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access PostgreSQL_active_temp_file_users gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Postgres, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for PostgreSQL_active_temp_file_users:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"PostgreSQL_active_temp_file_users": {}
}
}PostgreSQL_active_temp_file_users is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List active databases with significant temporary file usage indicating memory pressure. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Postgres MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Postgres MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for PostgreSQL_active_temp_file_users: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Postgres. Nothing to install.
PostgreSQL_active_temp_file_users is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the PostgreSQL_active_temp_file_users rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for PostgreSQL_active_temp_file_users. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
PostgreSQL_active_temp_file_users is provided by the Postgres MCP server (mukul975/postgres-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Postgres, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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