Re: display hot standby state in psql prompt

Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>

From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>

To: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>

Cc: Jim Jones <jim.jones@uni-muenster.de>, Srinath Reddy Sadipiralla <srinath2133@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>

Date: 2025-10-24T15:03:01Z

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psql: Add %i prompt escape to indicate hot standby status.
- dddbbc253b92 19 (unreleased) landed
Mark search_path as GUC_REPORT
- 28a1121fd912 18.0 cited

On Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 10:54:57AM -0400, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> I'm currently leaning towards ro/rw, but I'm also hoping that others chime
>> in with opinions here.
> 
> -1. Too short, too cryptic, too similar. I know our existing symbols aren't
> great either, but we can do better.

What would you prefer instead?

-- 
nathan