Detect frequent planner statistics resets that might indicate issues.
AI agents call PostgreSQL_statistics_reset_frequency 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 reads and analyzes PostgreSQL planner statistics reset frequency to identify potential issues. It is a diagnostic/monitoring tool with no side effects. The word 'detect' confirms it is a read/query operation. Severity is low because misuse would only expose internal database metrics.
From the tool's definition 'Detect frequent planner statistics resets' — the tool detects/analyzes existing conditions rather than modifying anything.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access PostgreSQL_statistics_reset_frequency 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_statistics_reset_frequency:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"PostgreSQL_statistics_reset_frequency": {}
}
}PostgreSQL_statistics_reset_frequency is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Detect frequent planner statistics resets that might indicate issues. 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_statistics_reset_frequency: 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_statistics_reset_frequency 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_statistics_reset_frequency 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_statistics_reset_frequency. 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_statistics_reset_frequency 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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