Re: Mention idle_replication_slot_timeout in pg_replication_slots docs

On 2025/07/02 16:12, Fujii Masao wrote:
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> On 2025/07/01 13:52, Nisha Moond wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com> wrote:
>>> Is this true starting from v16, when logical replication from standby was introduced?
>>> In other words, in v15 and earlier, only max_slot_wal_keep_size could cause
>>> the wal_status to become "unreserved" or "lost"? I'm wondering where to back-patch
>>> this fix to.
>>>
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>> I also think we should back-patch this till v16, since that’s when
>> additional slot invalidation causes were also introduced(commit
>> be87200). And since then “max_slot_wal_keep_size” is no longer the
>> sole reason for “unreserved” or “lost” status.
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> Okay, I've prepared two patches:
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> - 0001 removes the incorrect line: "If restart_lsn is NULL, this field is null."
>    This should be back-patched to v13.
> - 0002 updates the description of the wal_status to reflect that max_slot_wal_keep_size
>    is not the only cause of the lost state. This should be back-patched to v16.
> 
> Barrng objections, I will commit these patches.

I've pushed the patches. Thanks!

Regards,

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Fujii Masao
NTT DATA Japan Corporation