Content of pg_publication using a local connection versus network connection?

Hi,

I'm a novice-ish when it comes to Postgres, but I've studied the docs and
not been able to understand why I can see the rows in pg_publication via a
local psql session, but not when I am connected via the network.

Since the network login is (a) successful and (b) can read the content of
other non-system tables, I guessed that my problem is row-level security
(RLS)....except that from the docs, I was unable to see how the login type
could affect RLS. What am I missing?

Here is some context...please do ask if something else needs to be
clarified!

- System Postgres 16, AWS RDS version.
- The pg_publication tabe looks like this:

foo=> \dpS pg_publication
Access privileges
Schema | Name | Type | Access privileges | Column
privileges | Policies
------------+----------------+-------+---------------------------+-------------------+----------

pg_catalog | pg_publication | table | rdsadmin=arwdDxt/rdsadmin+|
|
| | | =r/rdsadmin |
|

- When I am logged in as this user via psql, I can see:

foo=> select * from pg_publication;
oid | pubname | pubowner | puballtables | pubinsert | pubupdate
| pubdelete | pubtruncate | pubviaroot
-------+-------------------+----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+------------

98923 | vm_db_publication | 16478 | t | t | t
| t | t | f

- When I connect via psycog, I can read other tables, but pg_publication
aways seems to return no rows.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Thanks, Shaheed