Re:

On Monday, May 17, 2021, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> "David G. Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > On Sunday, May 16, 2021, Loles <lolesft(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >> I don't understand why the server starts that process if I'm not using
> >> replication of any kind.
>
> > It starts the process because at any time someone can execute a “create
> > subscription” command. If no one does so the amount of time spent
> > confirming the subscriptions table is empty is trivial.
>
> It looks like it won't be started if you set
> max_logical_replication_workers = 0.
>
>
I was wondering about that. Would you mind posting a link to the code
where that is checked? I actually looked though admittedly not that hard.

Thanks!

David J.