repmgr(d) versions 5.5 vs 5.4 from apt.postgresql.org

I installed Postgres 16/17 from apt.postgresql.org <http://apt.postgresql.org/> (with the intent of using version 17) on Debian 12/Bookworm. Both have the same version of repmgr:

postgres(at)dev-pgcl01:~$ /usr/lib/postgresql/17/bin/repmgr --version
repmgr 5.5.0
postgres(at)dev-pgcl01:~$ /usr/lib/postgresql/16/bin/repmgr --version
repmgr 5.5.0

root(at)dev-pgcl01:~# apt-cache show postgresql-17-repmgr | grep "Filename"
Filename: pool/main/r/repmgr/postgresql-17-repmgr_5.5.0-2.pgdg120+1_arm64.deb

In postgresql.conf, I explicitly load the version 17 .so (just to be sure it’s not loading something potentially different):

shared_preload_libraries = '/usr/lib/postgresql/17/lib/repmgr.so'

repmgr.conf is minimalistic:

node_id=1
node_name=node1
conninfo='host=10.20.70.26 user=repmgr dbname=repmgr connect_timeout=2'
data_directory='/var/lib/postgresql/17/'
failover=automatic
use_replication_slots=true
promote_command='/usr/bin/repmgr standby promote -f /etc/postgresql/17/main/repmgr.conf --log-to-file'
follow_command='/usr/bin/repmgr standby follow -f /etc/postgresql/17/main/repmgr.conf --log-to-file --upstream-node-id=%n‘

(plus a few configs about the logs)

I created the cluster with

/usr/lib/postgresql/17/bin/repmgr -f /etc/postgresql/17/main/repmgr.conf primary register

And it shows what I would expect:

postgres(at)dev-pgcl01:~$ /usr/lib/postgresql/17/bin/repmgr -f /etc/postgresql/17/main/repmgr.conf cluster show
DEBUG: connecting to: "user=repmgr connect_timeout=2 dbname=repmgr host=10.20.70.26 fallback_application_name=repmgr options=-csearch_path="
DEBUG: connecting to: "user=repmgr connect_timeout=2 dbname=repmgr host=10.20.70.26 fallback_application_name=repmgr options=-csearch_path="
ID | Name | Role | Status | Upstream | Location | Priority | Timeline | Connection string
----+-------+---------+-----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 | node1 | primary | * running | | default | 100 | 1 | host=10.20.70.26 user=repmgr dbname=repmgr connect_timeout=2

I attempt to start repmgrd with

postgres(at)dev-pgcl01:~$ /usr/lib/postgresql/17/bin/repmgrd -v -f /etc/postgresql/17/main/repmgr.conf --verbose

Which gives the following log output:

[2024-12-24 09:21:25] [NOTICE] repmgrd (repmgrd 5.5.0) starting up
[2024-12-24 09:21:25] [INFO] connecting to database "host=10.20.70.26 user=repmgr dbname=repmgr connect_timeout=2"
[2024-12-24 09:21:25] [DEBUG] connecting to: "user=repmgr connect_timeout=2 dbname=repmgr host=10.20.70.26 fallback_application_name=repmgr options=-csearch_path="
[2024-12-24 09:21:25] [DEBUG] set_config():
SET synchronous_commit TO 'local'
[2024-12-24 09:21:25] [DEBUG] expected extension version: 50500; extension version: 50400
[2024-12-24 09:21:25] [ERROR] this "repmgr" version is newer than the installed "repmgr" extension version
[2024-12-24 09:21:25] [DETAIL] "repmgr" version 5.5.0 providing extension version 5.5.0 is installed but extension is version 5.4
[2024-12-24 09:21:25] [HINT] update the installed extension version by executing "ALTER EXTENSION repmgr UPDATE" in the repmgr database

SELECT * FROM pg_catalog.pg_extension WHERE extname = 'repmgr'

shows version 5.4

The suggested ALTER EXTENSION from the log hint does not do anything I could see.

The same effect if I try the same using version 16.

How to continue from here? What am I missing?

Thanks for your help,
— Matthias

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