Re: Test cluster with high OIDs above the signed-int limit (2B+)

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Dominique Devienne <ddevienne@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2026-04-20T13:29:38Z
Lists: pgsql-general
Dominique Devienne <ddevienne@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi. A few weeks ago, one of our clusters, with high DDL churn from
> UTs, crossed the 2B mark for OIDs, which exposed a bug in our code.
> I'm moving into creating clusters on-the-fly for testing, and would
> like to force that situation to avoid a future silent regression,
> since it takes a long time to cross that threshold, and we do move up
> in major versions, so the over-the-threshold cluster will be
> abandoned. How can I achieve that?

See pg_resetwal --next-oid.  Don't recall what else you need to say
to avoid breaking the cluster in other ways.

			regards, tom lane