Re: Basebackup fails without useful error message

On 10/21/24 13:49, Koen De Groote wrote:
> See, I'm reading that, and my conclusion is "Ah great, it will try
> again, everything will be fine."

Unless it never completes and you hit the timeout.

>
> There's a link between the archive_command, pg_basebackup and
> wal_sender_timeout, but that link isn't clear from just reading all
> these documentation pages when learning about their concepts separately.
>
> It's just too much information to read and then "just know" in your head
> that these must be the relations. Especially if you have dozens of other
> things to do.
>
> That's my 2 cents.
>
> Regards,
> Koen De Groote
>

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