Re: Standby server with cascade logical replication could not be properly stopped under load

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: Ajin Cherian <itsajin@gmail.com>
Cc: Alexey Makhmutov <a.makhmutov@postgrespro.ru>, Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot.pg@gmail.com>, shveta malik <shveta.malik@gmail.com>, pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2025-05-29T23:32:05Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs
On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 08:28:01PM +1000, Ajin Cherian wrote:
> I think this new fix is much better and cleaner. A suggestion for the
> comment:
> "For cascading logical WAL senders, we use the replay LSN instead of the
> flush LSN, since logical decoding on a standby only processes WAL that has
> been replayed. This distinction becomes particularly important during
> shutdown, as new WAL is no longer replayed and the last replayed LSN marks
> the furthest point up to which decoding can proceed."

Yes, that sounds better than my previous suggestion.  Thanks.
--
Michael

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  1. Use replay LSN as target for cascading logical WAL senders