Re: Synchronizing slots from primary to standby

shveta malik <shveta.malik@gmail.com>

From: shveta malik <shveta.malik@gmail.com>
To: Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot.pg@gmail.com>
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Date: 2024-02-07T09:35:32Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Tue, Feb 6, 2024 at 12:25 PM Bertrand Drouvot
<bertranddrouvot.pg@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,

> That said, I still think the commit message needs some re-wording, what about?
>
> =====
> If a logical slot on the primary is valid but is invalidated on the standby,
> then that slot is dropped and can be recreated on the standby in next
> pg_sync_replication_slots() call provided the slot still exists on the primary
> server. It is okay to recreate such slots as long as these are not consumable
> on the standby (which is the case currently). This situation may occur due to
> the following reasons:
>
> - The max_slot_wal_keep_size on the standby is insufficient to retain WAL
>   records from the restart_lsn of the slot.
> - primary_slot_name is temporarily reset to null and the physical slot is
>   removed.
>
> Changing the primary wal_level to a level lower than logical is only possible
> if the logical slots are removed on the primary, so it's expected to see
> the slots being removed on the standby too (and re-created if they are
> re-created on the primary).
> =====

Thanks for the feedback. I have incorporated the suggestions in v80.

thanks
Shveta



Commits

  1. Doc: Add the new section "Logical Replication Failover".

  2. Fix the review comments and a bug in the slot sync code.

  3. Fix a test in failover slots regression test.

  4. Fix the intermittent buildfarm failures in 040_standby_failover_slots_sync.

  5. Split XLogCtl->LogwrtResult into separate struct members

  6. Ensure that the sync slots reach a consistent state after promotion without losing data.

  7. Introduce a new GUC 'standby_slot_names'.

  8. Fix BF failure introduced by commit b3f6b14cf4.

  9. Fixups for commit 93db6cbda0.

  10. Fix BF failure in commit 93db6cbda0.

  11. Add a new slot sync worker to synchronize logical slots.

  12. Improve ERROR/LOG messages added by commits ddd5f4f54a and 7a424ece48.

  13. Disable autovacuum on primary in 040_standby_failover_slots_sync test.

  14. Fix the incorrect format specifier used in commit 7a424ece48.

  15. Change the LOG level in 040_standby_failover_slots_sync.pl to DEBUG2.

  16. Add more LOG and DEBUG messages for slot synchronization.

  17. Another try to fix BF failure introduced in commit ddd5f4f54a.

  18. Fix BF introduced in commit ddd5f4f54a.

  19. Add a slot synchronization function.

  20. Clean-ups for 776621a5e4 and 7329240437.

  21. Enhance libpqrcv APIs to support slot synchronization.

  22. Add a failover option to subscriptions.

  23. Allow setting failover property in the replication command.

  24. Allow to enable failover property for replication slots via SQL API.

  25. Add macros for looping through a List without a ListCell.

  26. Track conflict_reason in pg_replication_slots.

  27. Allow upgrades to preserve the full subscription's state.

  28. Add support for incremental backup.

  29. Simplify some logic in CreateReplicationSlot()

  30. Fix uninitialized access to InitialRunningXacts during decoding after ERROR.

  31. Flexible options for CREATE_REPLICATION_SLOT.

  32. Empty search_path in logical replication apply worker and walsender.

  33. Fix oldest xmin and LSN computation across repslots after advancing

  34. Require C99 (and thus MSCV 2013 upwards).