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1. BUG #18858: client does not support server version newer than 15.12 but actual version is 15.8.1

   PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> — 2025-03-20T12:34:11Z

   The following bug has been logged on the website:
   
   Bug reference:      18858
   Logged by:          Eduardo Fischer dos Santos
   Email address:      eduardo.fischer.dos.santos@ericsson.com
   PostgreSQL version: 15.8
   Operating system:   openSUSE Leap 15.5 / Linux
   Description:        
   
   When running 
   "barman receive-wal pg"
   with postgres 15.8.1
   
   
   I get the following errors.
   
   arman.utils INFO: Cleaning up lockfiles directory.
   barman.wal_archiver INFO: No xlog segments found from streaming for pg.
   barman.postgres WARNING: Unexpected non zero minor version 12 in 151200
   barman.postgres WARNING: Unexpected non zero minor version 12 in 151200
   barman.server INFO: Starting receive-wal for server pg
   barman.wal_archiver INFO: Activating WAL archiving through streaming
   protocol
   barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg: pg_receivewal: error: incompatible server
   version 15.8.1; client does not support streaming from server versions newer
   than 15.12
   barman.server ERROR: ArchiverFailure:pg_receivewal terminated with error
   code: 1
   barman.utils INFO: Cleaning up lockfiles directory.
   barman.wal_archiver INFO: No xlog segments found from streaming for pg.
   
   Error message says that client does not support server version newer than
   15.12 but actual version is 15.8.1 which is older
   
   Error also happens when using 15.12.0
   
   arman.utils INFO: Cleaning up lockfiles directory.
   barman.wal_archiver INFO: No xlog segments found from streaming for pg.
   barman.postgres WARNING: Unexpected non zero minor version 12 in 151200
   barman.postgres WARNING: Unexpected non zero minor version 12 in 151200
   barman.server INFO: Starting receive-wal for server pg
   barman.wal_archiver INFO: Activating WAL archiving through streaming
   protocol
   barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg: pg_receivewal: error: incompatible server
   version 15.12.0; client does not support streaming from server versions
   newer than 15.12
   barman.server ERROR: ArchiverFailure:pg_receivewal terminated with error
   code: 1
   barman.utils INFO: Cleaning up lockfiles directory.
   barman.wal_archiver INFO: No xlog segments found from streaming for pg.
   
   Error also happens when not using barman and running only pg_receivewal
   directly
   
   https://docs.pgbarman.org/release/3.13.0/user_guide/
   
   

2. Re: BUG #18858: client does not support server version newer than 15.12 but actual version is 15.8.1

   Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> — 2025-03-20T14:56:20Z

   PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
   > When running 
   > "barman receive-wal pg"
   > with postgres 15.8.1
   
   There is no such release as "15.8.1"; we stopped using three-part
   version numbers years ago.
   
   > barman.command_wrappers INFO: pg: pg_receivewal: error: incompatible server
   > version 15.8.1; client does not support streaming from server versions newer
   > than 15.12
   
   pg_receivewal is evidently confused by the bogus version value it's
   getting.  Where did you get this server from?
   
   			regards, tom lane