Re: Standby accepts recovery_target_timeline setting?

Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2019-09-29T21:59:08Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On 2019-09-29 18:36, Fujii Masao wrote:
> Yes, but ArchiveRecoveryRequested should be checked instead of
> InArchiveRecovery, I think. Otherwise recovery targets would take effect
> when recovery.signal is missing but backup_label exists. In this case,
> InArchiveRecovery is set to true though ArchiveRecoveryRequested is
> false because recovery.signal is missing.
> 
> With the attached patch, I checked that the steps that I described
> upthread didn't reproduce the issue.

Your patch looks correct to me.

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Commits

  1. Make crash recovery ignore recovery_min_apply_delay setting.

  2. Make crash recovery ignore restore_command and recovery_end_command settings.

  3. Make crash recovery ignore recovery target settings.

  4. doc: Further clarify how recovery target parameters are applied

  5. doc: Add timeline as valid recovery target in standby.signal documentation