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Issue

pg_largeobject table not freed
Bundles or content appear to be deleted but the Large Object (LOB) entries in pg_largeobject are not deleted
pg_largeobject is using too much disk space due to old objects that have been removed being left in the table

Environment

PostgreSQL 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
PostgreSQL client application which uses Binary Large Object (BLOB) data types
- Such as storing files or other binary data in a row of a database table
Client application removes all references of the BLOB data

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