Re: Allowing pg_recvlogical to create temporary replication slots

Em ter., 12 de nov. de 2024 às 07:54, Torsten Förtsch
<tfoertsch123(at)gmail(dot)com> escreveu:
> Hi Dickson,
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> [ ... ]
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> If the slot existed before, the existing slot will be used, no error is generated. In that case the slot will keep existing when the connection is dropped.
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> The following situation can happen:
> - the slot does not exist and is created as a temporary slot
> - the connection drops and pg_recvlogical tries to reconnect after a few seconds
> - in that period a permanent slot by the same name is created but no reader is connected to it
> - pg_recvlogical reconnects and finds the existing slot
>
> In this case, the now existing slot is simply used. It will remain when the connection is dropped.
>
> Thanks for reviewing.

Thank you for your clarification.

Are you planning to add changes in docs? Would be important to have
this clarification in there also, IMHO.

Regards.
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Dickson S. Guedes