Tobias Brox <tobias(at)nordicbet(dot)com> writes:
> If pg_stat_activity.query_start actually is the start time of the
> transaction,
... but it isn't.
> Is there any way to find the longest running transaction?
Look in pg_locks to see the lowest-numbered transaction ID --- each
transaction will be holding exclusive lock on its own XID. You can
correlate that back to pg_stat_activity via the PID.
regards, tom lane