Re: snapshot too old issues, first around wraparound and then more.

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: snapshot too old issues, first around wraparound and then more.
Date: 2021-06-15 17:10:36
Message-ID: 20210615171036.4jtj22hppvsd36e6@alap3.anarazel.de
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Hi,

On 2021-06-15 12:51:28 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > Oh, maybe I'm the one who misunderstood...
>
> So, it's well over a year later, and so far as I can see exactly
> nothing has been done about snapshot_too_old's problems.
>
> I never liked that feature to begin with, and I would be very
> glad to undertake the task of ripping it out. If someone thinks
> this should not happen, please commit to fixing it ... and not
> "eventually".

I still think that's the most reasonable course. I actually like the
feature, but I don't think a better implementation of it would share
much if any of the current infrastructure.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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