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Re: [PATCH] Release replication slot on error in SQL-callable slot functions

shveta malik <shveta.malik@gmail.com> — 2026-05-26T04:36:24Z

On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 12:31 AM SATYANARAYANA NARLAPURAM
<satyanarlapuram@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 2:58 AM shveta malik <shveta.malik@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 12:42 PM SATYANARAYANA NARLAPURAM
>> <satyanarlapuram@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 2:16 AM shveta malik <shveta.malik@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for reporting the issue. I could reproduce the same issue with
>> >> all these as well:
>> >>
>> >> pg_logical_slot_peek_changes
>> >> pg_logical_slot_get_binary_changes
>> >> pg_logical_slot_peek_binary_changes
>> >
>> >
>> > Please find the attached v2 patch that addressed these three cases as well.
>> >
>>
>> Thank You for addressuing these cases. A few comments:
>>
>> 1)
>>
>> +-- Test 2: session remains usable after the error (MyReplicationSlot cleared)
>>
>> It shoudl be part of 'Test 1' itself and thus should not be named as 'Test 2'
>>
>> 2)
>> --------
>> +-- Test 4: copy_replication_slot with max_replication_slots exceeded.
>> +-- We reduce max_replication_slots artificially by filling all remaining slots.
>> +-- Instead, trigger an error by copying to an already-existing name.
>> +DO $$
>> +BEGIN
>> +    PERFORM pg_copy_logical_replication_slot('regression_slot_t3',
>> 'regression_slot_t3');
>> +EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN
>> +    RAISE NOTICE 'caught: %', SQLERRM;
>> +END;
>> +$$;
>> +-- The original slot must still exist and be usable
>> +SELECT count(*) = 1 AS orig_slot_ok FROM pg_replication_slots
>> +    WHERE slot_name = 'regression_slot_t3';
>> -----------
>>
>> I don't think we can hit the Assert with above test (at-least I could
>> not). Since creation of slot itself will fail as the slot with
>> same-name already exists, MyReplicationSlot will never be set and thus
>> Assert will not be hit.  A better testcase will be below which fails
>> during LoadOutputPlugin() after slot-creation and MyReplicationSlot is
>> set already.
>>
>> SELECT pg_create_logical_replication_slot('src_slot', 'test_decoding');
>>
>> DO $$
>> BEGIN
>> PERFORM pg_copy_logical_replication_slot('src_slot', 'dst_slot',
>> false, 'nonexistent_plugin');
>> EXCEPTION WHEN others THEN
>> RAISE NOTICE 'caught: %', SQLERRM;
>> END $$;
>>
>> SELECT count(*) FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('src_slot', NULL, NULL);
>>
>> 3)
>> So overall these are the problematic APIs:
>>
>> pg_create_logical_replication_slot
>> pg_replication_slot_advance
>> pg_copy_logical_replication_slot
>> pg_logical_slot_peek_binary_changes
>> pg_logical_slot_peek_changes
>> pg_logical_slot_get_changes
>> pg_logical_slot_get_binary_changes
>>
>> First 3 are are mutually exclusive fixes fow which we have added
>> testcases. Last 4 are addressed by fixing common function
>> pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts(). I think we should add a test case
>> for at-least any one of these APIs to cover
>> pg_logical_slot_get_changes_guts().
>
>
> Thanks for reviewing. Please review the attached v3 patch.
>

A few trivial things:

1)
pg_replication_slot_advance:
+ PG_TRY();
+ {
+ /* Acquire the slot so we "own" it */
+ ReplicationSlotAcquire(NameStr(*slotname), true, true);
+ /* A slot whose restart_lsn has never been reserved cannot be advanced */
+ if (!XLogRecPtrIsValid(MyReplicationSlot->data.restart_lsn))


We can have a blank line after ReplicationSlotAcquire for better readability.

2)

+SELECT 'init' FROM
pg_create_logical_replication_slot('regression_slot_t3',
'test_decoding', true);
+SELECT count(*) = 1 AS slot_exists FROM pg_replication_slots
+    WHERE slot_name = 'regression_slot_t3';

The intent is not clear why are we checking existence of
regression_slot_t3? I think we can skip it (or else add a comment if
really needed). The success of previous
pg_create_logical_replication_slot is enough to confirm that session
is healthy to run other slot related queries.

3)
+SELECT pg_drop_replication_slot('regression_slot_phy');
+
+-- cleanup
+SELECT pg_drop_replication_slot('regression_slot_t3');

We can move drop of 'regression_slot_phy' too under '-- cleanup'

~~

I have no further comments other than the trivial things mentioned above.

thanks
Shveta