id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
27097	Add introspection for index type	Akshesh Doshi	Akshesh Doshi	"Allow introspecting the type of index (e.g. btree, rtee). This is already [https://github.com/django/django/blob/9f27735612fc775380d7801c68af0ea1c97cf5a3/django/db/backends/postgresql/introspection.py#L148 implemented for postgres] but is something that can be implemented for and leveraged by all backends.

This would be useful for writing tests while implementing new index type using the class based indexes. Also a requirement for it [https://github.com/django/django/pull/7083#discussion-diff-74759691 was felt] while [https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/27060#ticket adding indexes to inspectdb] ([https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/django-developers/IKohkDzC4bE related discussion on mailing list])."	New feature	closed	Database layer (models, ORM)	dev	Normal	fixed	introspection db-indexes 1.11		Accepted	1	0	0	1	0	0