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Re: Set notice receiver before libpq connection startup

Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> — 2026-05-20T09:19:51Z

On Wed, May 20, 2026 at 4:21 PM Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> While testing “Log remote NOTICE, WARNING, and similar messages using ereport()”, I noticed that libpqsrv_notice_receiver is only installed after libpqsrv_connect() finishes. As a result, NOTICE messages generated during connection establishment are missed by ereport() and are still printed to stderr.
>
> To reproduce the issue, I created a separate database called remotedb and defined a login trigger that emits a NOTICE message:
> ```
> CREATE DATABASE remotedb;
>
> \c remotedb
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION repro_login_notice()
> RETURNS event_trigger
> LANGUAGE plpgsql AS $$
> BEGIN
>   RAISE NOTICE 'startup notice from remotedb login trigger';
> END;
> $$;
>
> CREATE EVENT TRIGGER repro_login_notice_trg
> ON login
> EXECUTE FUNCTION repro_login_notice();
>
> ALTER EVENT TRIGGER repro_login_notice_trg ENABLE ALWAYS;
> ```
>
> Then, from another database:
> ```
> evantest=# create extension dblink;
> CREATE EXTENSION
> evantest=# SELECT dblink_connect('host=127.0.0.1 port=5432 dbname=remotedb user=chaol sslmode=disable gssencmode=disable');
>  dblink_connect
> ----------------
>  OK
> (1 row)
> ```
>
> In the system log, the NOTICE message is printed directly:
> ```
> 2026-05-20 13:02:19.350 CST [24909] STATEMENT:  SELECT dblink_connect('host=127.0.0.1 port=5432 dbname=remotedb user=chaol sslmode=disable gssencmode=disable');
> NOTICE:  startup notice from remotedb login trigger
> ```
>
> To fix that, I think we should install libpqsrv_notice_receiver before libpqsrv_connect_internal(). In the attached patch, I added two helpers: libpqsrv_connect_with_notice_receiver() and libpqsrv_connect_params_with_notice_receiver().
>
> With the fix, the NOTICE message now looks like this:
> ```
> 2026-05-20 14:44:49.296 CST [45567] LOG:  received message via remote connection: NOTICE:  startup notice from remotedb login trigger
> 2026-05-20 14:44:49.296 CST [45567] STATEMENT:  SELECT dblink_connect('host=127.0.0.1 port=5432 dbname=remotedb user=chaol sslmode=disable gssencmode=disable');
> ```
>
> Please see the attached patch for details.

Thanks for the report and patch!

I'd prefer to avoid adding notice-receiver-specific wrappers such as
libpqsrv_connect_with_notice_receiver(). Instead, how about splitting
libpqsrv_connect() into two steps: libpqsrv_connect_start(), which performs
libpqsrv_connect_prepare() and PQconnectStart(), and
libpqsrv_connect_complete(), which runs libpqsrv_connect_internal()?

With this approach, callers could invoke PQsetNoticeReceiver() after
libpqsrv_connect_start() returns but before libpqsrv_connect_complete() is
called. This would allow startup-time notices to be handled correctly without
introducing a dedicated wrapper function.

Compared to the *_with_notice_receiver() approach, this design is more
general because it exposes the phase between PQconnectStart() and connection
completion. It could also support other kinds of per-connection setup in the
future, not just notice receiver installation. Thought?

Regards,

-- 
Fujii Masao