Re: Why is subscription/t/031_column_list.pl failing so much?

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

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
Cc: Alexander Lakhin <exclusion@gmail.com>, Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2024-02-06T14:51:56Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> writes:
> Yeah, I was worried about that. The other idea I have previously
> thought was to change Alter Subscription to Drop+Create Subscription.
> That should also help in bringing stability without losing any
> functionality.

Hm, why would that fix it?

More to the point, aren't these proposals just band-aids that
would stabilize the test without fixing the actual problem?
The same thing is likely to happen to people in the field,
unless we do something drastic like removing ALTER SUBSCRIPTION.

			regards, tom lane



Commits

  1. Back-patch test modifications that were done as part of b6df0798a5.

  2. Fix the intermittent buildfarm failures in 031_column_list.

  3. Fix test race between primary XLOG_RUNNING_XACTS and standby logical slot.

  4. Bound waits in 035_standby_logical_decoding.pl.