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Re: Exit walsender before confirming remote flush in logical replication

Andrey Silitskiy <a.silitskiy@postgrespro.ru>

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From: Andrey Silitskiy <a.silitskiy@postgrespro.ru>
To: Ronan Dunklau <ronan@dunklau.fr>
Cc: Vitaly Davydov <v.davydov@postgrespro.ru>, "Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu)" <kuroda.hayato@fujitsu.com>, "Takamichi Osumi (Fujitsu)" <osumi.takamichi@fujitsu.com>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, "sawada.mshk@gmail.com" <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>, "michael@paquier.xyz" <michael@paquier.xyz>, "peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com" <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>, "dilipbalaut@gmail.com" <dilipbalaut@gmail.com>, "andres@anarazel.de" <andres@anarazel.de>, "amit.kapila16@gmail.com" <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>, Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota.ntt@gmail.com>, Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>, Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>, Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov@gmail.com>, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
Date: 2026-01-28T11:33:31Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Dear Ronan,
Thanks for participating in the discussion.

On Jan 28, 2026 Ronan Dunklau <ronan(at)dunklau(dot)fr> wrote:
 > ... a timeout for the wait (maybe named wal_sender_stop_timeout ?) would
 > allow for the same usage ...

Sounds like an option.
This is also possible in the current implementation, but your option offers
a simpler interface if we do not plan to add new wallsender completion 
modes.
The naming of the parameter is also a question, because wal_sender_timeout
already exists (which also fits the name wal_sender_stop_timeout quite 
well).
The difference between these parameters may not be obvious to users.
Thoughts?

Regards,
Andrey Silitskiy

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  1. Avoid blocking indefinitely while finishing walsender shutdown

  2. Add wal_sender_shutdown_timeout GUC to limit shutdown wait for replication

  3. pg_upgrade: Add --copy option

  4. Prevent possibility of panics during shutdown checkpoint.

  5. Support clean switchover.