Re: Fix publisher-side sequence permission reporting

Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>

From: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
To: Tristan Partin <tristan@partin.io>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-06-19T14:15:52Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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On Fri, Jun 19, 2026 at 8:11 AM Tristan Partin <tristan@partin.io> wrote:
> The patch looks good to me! I had one suggestion:
>
> >  ##########
> >  # Ensure that insufficient privileges on the publisher for a sequence do not
> > -# disrupt the subscriber. The subscriber should log a warning and continue
> > -# retrying.
> > +# get misreported as a missing sequence. The subscriber should log a warning
> > +# and continue retrying.
> >  ##########
>
> I think a better comment might be:
>
>         Ensure that insufficient privileges on the publisher for a sequence
>         are reported correctly...
>
> My reasoning for suggesting that is because your comment would to
> indicate that any warning is accurate as long as it isn't related to
> a missing sequence.

Thanks for the review! I've updated the patch as suggested.

Updated patches attached.

Regards,

-- 
Fujii Masao

Commits

  1. Fix unlogged sequence corruption after standby promotion

  2. doc: Clarify pg_get_sequence_data() privileges and NULL results

  3. Fix misreporting of publisher sequence permissions during sync

  4. Introduce pg_sequence_read_tuple().