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+# Copyright Materialize, Inc. and contributors. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Use of this software is governed by the Business Source License
+# included in the LICENSE file at the root of this repository.
+#
+# As of the Change Date specified in that file, in accordance with
+# the Business Source License, use of this software will be governed
+# by the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+
+# Reproducer for database-issues#8893
+
+$ postgres-execute connection=postgres://mz_system:materialize@${testdrive.materialize-internal-sql-addr}
+ALTER SYSTEM SET storage_statistics_collection_interval = 1000
+ALTER SYSTEM SET storage_statistics_interval = 2000
+
+> CREATE CLUSTER stats_cluster SIZE '4-4'
+
+> CREATE SECRET pgpass AS 'postgres'
+> CREATE CONNECTION pg TO POSTGRES (
+    HOST postgres,
+    DATABASE postgres,
+    USER postgres,
+    PASSWORD SECRET pgpass
+  )
+
+$ postgres-execute connection=postgres://postgres:postgres@postgres
+ALTER USER postgres WITH replication;
+DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS public CASCADE;
+DROP PUBLICATION IF EXISTS mz_source;
+CREATE SCHEMA public;
+
+CREATE TABLE t1 (f1 TEXT);
+ALTER TABLE t1 REPLICA IDENTITY FULL;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('one');
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('two');
+
+CREATE PUBLICATION mz_source FOR ALL TABLES;
+
+> CREATE SOURCE mz_source
+  IN CLUSTER stats_cluster
+  FROM POSTGRES CONNECTION pg (PUBLICATION 'mz_source');
+
+$ set-from-sql var=previous-offset-committed
+SELECT
+    (SUM(u.offset_committed))::text
+  FROM mz_sources s
+  JOIN mz_internal.mz_source_statistics_raw u ON s.id = u.id
+  WHERE s.name IN ('mz_source')
+
+> CREATE TABLE t1 FROM SOURCE mz_source (REFERENCE t1);
+
+> SELECT COUNT(*) > 0 FROM t1;
+true
+
+$ postgres-execute connection=postgres://postgres:postgres@postgres
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('three');
+
+> SELECT
+    s.name,
+    SUM(u.offset_committed) > ${previous-offset-committed},
+    SUM(u.offset_known) >= SUM(u.offset_committed),
+    SUM(u.snapshot_records_known),
+    SUM(u.snapshot_records_staged)
+  FROM mz_sources s
+  JOIN mz_internal.mz_source_statistics_raw u ON s.id = u.id
+  WHERE s.name IN ('mz_source')
+  GROUP BY s.name
+  ORDER BY s.name
+mz_source true true 2 2
+
+$ set-from-sql var=pre-restart-offset-committed
+SELECT
+    (SUM(u.offset_committed))::text
+  FROM mz_sources s
+  JOIN mz_internal.mz_source_statistics_raw u ON s.id = u.id
+  WHERE s.name IN ('mz_source')
+
+> SELECT mz_unsafe.mz_sleep(3600);