Re: [HACKERS] Re: 9.4.1 -> 9.4.2 problem: could not access status of transaction 1

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Steve Kehlet <steve(dot)kehlet(at)gmail(dot)com>, Forums postgresql <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: 9.4.1 -> 9.4.2 problem: could not access status of transaction 1
Date: 2015-05-30 00:57:51
Message-ID: 20150530005751.GE6535@alap3.anarazel.de
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On 2015-05-29 15:49:53 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I think we need to step back and look at the brain power required to
> unravel the mess we have made regarding multi-xact and fixes. (I bet
> few people can even remember which multi-xact fixes went into which
> releases --- I can't.) Instead of working on actual features, we are
> having to do this complex diagnosis because we didn't do a thorough
> analysis at the time a pattern of multi-xact bugs started to appear.
> Many projects deal with this compound bug debt regularly, but we have
> mostly avoided this fate.

What is the consequences of that observation you're imagining?

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