Re: Transaction timeout

Thanks for looking into this!

> On 6 Sep 2023, at 13:16, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com> wrote:
> 
> While testing v4 patch, I noticed it doesn't handle the COMMIT AND CHAIN case correctly.
> When COMMIT AND CHAIN is executed, I believe the transaction timeout counter should reset
> and start from zero with the next transaction. However, it appears that the current
> v4 patch doesn't reset the counter in this scenario. Can you confirm this?
Yes, I was not aware of this feature. I'll test and fix this.

> With the v4 patch, I found that timeout errors no longer occur during the idle in
> transaction phase. Instead, they occur when the next statement is executed. Is this
> the intended behavior?
AFAIR I had been testing that behaviour of "idle in transaction" was intact. I'll check that again.

> I thought some users might want to use the transaction timeout
> feature to prevent prolonged transactions and promptly release resources (e.g., locks)
> in case of a timeout, similar to idle_in_transaction_session_timeout.
Yes, this is exactly how I was expecting the feature to behave: empty up max_connections slots for long-hanging transactions.

Thanks for your findings, I'll check and post new version!


Best regards, Andrey Borodin.