RE: pg_upgrade and logical replication

Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu) <kuroda.hayato@fujitsu.com>

From: "Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu)" <kuroda.hayato@fujitsu.com>
To: 'vignesh C' <vignesh21@gmail.com>, Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
Cc: Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>, Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>, Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>, Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>, Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123@gmail.com>, "pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-03-27T06:59:58Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Dear Vignesh,

> 
> Recently there was a failure in 004_subscription tap test at [1].
> In this failure, the tab_upgraded1 table was expected to have 51
> records but has only 50 records. Before the upgrade both publisher and
> subscriber have 50 records.

Good catch!

> After the upgrade we have inserted one record in the publisher, now
> tab_upgraded1 will have 51 records in the publisher. Then we start the
> subscriber after changing max_logical_replication_workers so that
> apply workers get started and apply the changes received. After
> starting we enable regress_sub5, wait for sync of regress_sub5
> subscription and check for tab_upgraded1 and tab_upgraded2 table data.
> In a few random cases the one record that was inserted into
> tab_upgraded1 table will not get replicated as we have not waited for
> regress_sub4 subscription to apply the changes from the publisher.
> The attached patch has changes to wait for regress_sub4 subscription
> to apply the changes from the publisher before verifying the data.
> 
> [1] -
> https://buildfarm.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/show_log.pl?nm=mamba&dt=2024-03-
> 26%2004%3A23%3A13

Yeah, I think it is an oversight in f17529. Previously subscriptions which
receiving changes were confirmed to be caught up, I missed to add the line while
restructuring the script. +1 for your fix.

Best Regards,
Hayato Kuroda
FUJITSU LIMITED
https://www.fujitsu.com/ 

Commits

  1. pg_upgrade: Retrieve subscription count more efficiently.

  2. Fix random failure in 004_subscription.

  3. Fix 004_subscription.pl to allow its usage in --link mode.

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

  5. Prevent startup of logical replication launcher during pg_upgrade