Re: Introduce XID age and inactive timeout based replication slot invalidation

On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 12:49 AM Bharath Rupireddy
<bharath(dot)rupireddyforpostgres(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> Following are some open points:
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> 1. Where to do inactive_timeout invalidation exactly if not the checkpointer.
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I have suggested to do it at the time of CheckpointReplicationSlots()
and Bertrand suggested to do it whenever we resume using the slot. I
think we should follow both the suggestions.

> 2. Where to do XID age invalidation exactly if not the checkpointer.
> 3. How to go about recomputing XID horizons based on max_slot_xid_age.
> Does the slot's horizon's need to be adjusted in ComputeXidHorizons()?
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I suggest postponing the patch for xid based invalidation for a later
discussion.

> 4. New invalidation mechanisms interaction with slot sync feature.
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Yeah, this is important. My initial thoughts are that synced slots
shouldn't be invalidated on the standby due to timeout.

> 5. Review comments on 0001 from Bertrand.
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> Please see the attached v12 patches.
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Thanks for quickly updating the patches.

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.