=?UTF-8?Q?Nagy_L=c3=a1szl=c3=b3_Zsolt?= <gandalf@shopzeus.com> writes:
> I could stop it with:
> pg_ctl stop -i i
> but before that:
> May 30 07:21:00 appserver postgres[65202]: [5-1] FATAL: the database
> system is shutting down
> May 30 07:21:00 appserver postgres[65203]: [5-1] FATAL: the database
> system is shutting down
> May 30 07:21:00 appserver postgres[65206]: [5-1] FATAL: the database
> system is shutting down
> It happened in the weekend, and the server log does not contain anything
> except these "FATAL: shutting down" messages, so I'm not able to tell
> when is started. Any idea what could possible cause this error?
Well, the default-until-recently "smart" shutdown mode would wait for
all existing sessions to finish, while not letting any new ones in.
That sure looks like what you have here.
regards, tom lane