Re: Can a long running procedure detect when smart shutdown is pending?

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Achilleas Mantzios <a(dot)mantzios(at)cloud(dot)gatewaynet(dot)com>
Cc: dwhite(at)seawardmoon(dot)com, pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Can a long running procedure detect when smart shutdown is pending?
Date: 2024-07-06 06:19:06
Message-ID: CAFj8pRA7w_SE0CZo2T1NTRhOZq1vL+4pdnegW32_rWEQLX-TsA@mail.gmail.com
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so 6. 7. 2024 v 8:06 odesílatel Achilleas Mantzios <
a(dot)mantzios(at)cloud(dot)gatewaynet(dot)com> napsal:

> Στις 6/7/24 08:39, ο/η Pavel Stehule έγραψε:
>
>
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> so 6. 7. 2024 v 1:36 odesílatel Dennis White <dwhite(at)seawardmoon(dot)com>
> napsal:
>
>> Thanks for responding.
>> This will be a stored procedure written in plpgsql that's kicked off by
>> pg_cron.
>> I wasn't sure a normal smart shutdown would stop it.
>>
>
> shutdown try to cancel any query. The plpgsql routine should be canceled
> without problems.
>
> fast mode will have this effect. smart mode not, from my testing. The
> running queries do not get interrupted in smart shutdown.
>

ok

but you can set timeout there. It doesn't help?

You can create some aux postgresql connection with specific app name, and
then you can monitor if this process still live from pg_stat_activity

one process

connect
set application_name to 'xxxx';

second process
if not exists(select * from pg_stat_activity where appname = 'xxxx') then
exit
end if;

>
>
>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 4:57 PM Achilleas Mantzios <
>> a(dot)mantzios(at)cloud(dot)gatewaynet(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>>> Στις 5/7/24 21:12, ο/η Dennis White έγραψε:
>>>
>>> My project's DB has a mutli-step stored procedure using Transaction
>>> Control that may take 30 minutes or more to complete.
>>> I am curious if there is a way to make it more smart shutdown friendly
>>> so it can stop between steps?
>>>
>>> We are using both PG 14 and PG 16 on Rhel 8.
>>> Pardon me if it's obvious but is there a function to call or a table
>>> that could be checked after a commit within the procedure to determine a
>>> shutdown is pending?
>>>
>>> Maybe somehow checking the log for a message like :
>>>
>>> received smart shutdown request
>>>
>>> Or use tail_n_mail against the log and then implement some logic using
>>> NOTIFY , ideally you want your procedure to be interrupted rather than do
>>> polling.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Dennis
>>>
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