Re: Introduce XID age and inactive timeout based replication slot invalidation

Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com>

From: Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com>
To: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
Cc: shveta malik <shveta.malik@gmail.com>, Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>, Ajin Cherian <itsajin@gmail.com>, Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot.pg@gmail.com>, Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-09-09T18:42:50Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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  1. Add a test for commit ac0e33136a using the injection point.

  2. Invalidate inactive replication slots.

  3. Fix incorrect slot type in BuildTupleHashTableExt

  4. Allow synced slots to have their inactive_since.

  5. Change last_inactive_time to inactive_since in pg_replication_slots.

  6. Track last_inactive_time in pg_replication_slots.

  7. Track invalidation_reason in pg_replication_slots.

  8. Add option force_initdb to PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster:init()

  9. Add a failover option to subscriptions.

  10. Allow setting failover property in the replication command.

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

  12. Track conflict_reason in pg_replication_slots.

  13. Log messages for replication slot acquisition and release.

  14. Remove vacuum_defer_cleanup_age

  15. Fix corruption due to vacuum_defer_cleanup_age underflowing 64bit xids

  16. meson: Add initial version of meson based build system

Hi,

On Mon, Sep 9, 2024 at 3:04 PM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > We should not allow the invalid replication slot to be altered
> > > > > irrespective of the reason unless there is any benefit.
> > > >
> > > > Okay, then I think we need to change the existing behaviour of the
> > > > other invalidation causes which still allow alter-slot.
> > >
> > > +1. Perhaps, track it in a separate thread?
> >
> > I think so. It does not come under the scope of this thread.
>
> It makes sense to me as well. But let's go ahead and get that sorted out first.

Moved the discussion to new thread -
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CALj2ACW4fSOMiKjQ3%3D2NVBMTZRTG8Ujg6jsK9z3EvOtvA4vzKQ%40mail.gmail.com.
Please have a look.

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Bharath Rupireddy
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