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Automating Failover Resync & Re-Attach in pgpool2

VASUKI M <vasukim1992002@gmail.com> — 2025-10-10T12:17:09Z

Dear PostgreSQL and Pgpool Communities,

While working with PostgreSQL failover scenarios, I noticed that the
process of re-attaching a standby node after a failover can be somewhat
manual and prone to delays, especially in production environments.

I explored automating this process using a combination of *pg_rewind* and *WAL
replay*, which allows a standby node to resynchronize and re-attach to the
primary automatically after a failover. This could reduce downtime and
simplify management of failover nodes in high-availability setups.

Automatically resynchronize after failover

Reduce downtime and ensure quicker recovery

Minimize manual operations and errors

Maintain consistent cluster state with less administrative overhead

I believe that integrating such an automated resync and re-attach feature
into *Pgpool-II* could be very valuable for PostgreSQL users, potentially
as an enhancement in a future release.

I wanted to share this idea with the community to get feedback,
suggestions, or any pointers on existing work that may align with this. I
am happy to contribute more details