v8-0002-doc-Add-warning-about-leftover-recovery-parameters-i.patch

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Filename: v8-0002-doc-Add-warning-about-leftover-recovery-parameters-i.patch
Type: text/x-patch
Part: 1
Message: Re: Resetting recovery target parameters in pg_createsubscriber
From c755b53aeb8061f85308b1f57f028579ea481cf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alena Vinter <dlaaren8@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:02:51 +0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] doc: Add warning about leftover recovery parameters in
 'pg_createsubscriber'

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_createsubscriber.sgml | 18 +++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_createsubscriber.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_createsubscriber.sgml
index bb9cc72576c..fa14aeeef13 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_createsubscriber.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_createsubscriber.sgml
@@ -520,11 +520,19 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       are added to avoid unexpected behavior during the recovery process such
       as end of the recovery as soon as a consistent state is reached (WAL
       should be applied until the replication start location) and multiple
-      recovery targets that can cause a failure.  This step finishes once the
-      server ends standby mode and is accepting read-write transactions.  If
-      <option>--recovery-timeout</option> option is set,
-      <application>pg_createsubscriber</application> terminates if recovery
-      does not end until the given number of seconds.
+      recovery targets that can cause a failure.
+     </para>
+     <para>
+      If an error occurs during this step, recovery parameters might remain in
+      the target server's configuration.  You may need to manually remove these
+      leftover parameters before attempting to run.
+      <application>pg_createsubscriber</application> again.
+     </para>
+     <para>
+      This step finishes once the server ends standby mode and is accepting
+      read-write transactions.  If <option>--recovery-timeout</option> option
+      is set, <application>pg_createsubscriber</application> terminates if
+      recovery does not end until the given number of seconds.
      </para>
     </step>
 
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