Re: waiting for reload in tests

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> writes:
> On Mon, May 09, 2022 at 09:29:32PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Less brute force: wait for "SHOW variable-you-changed" to report the
>> value you expect.

> This method may still be unreliable in some processes like a logirep
> launcher/receiver or just autovacuum, no?

Yeah, if your test case requires knowing that some background process
has gotten the word, it's a *lot* harder.  I think we'd have to add a
last-config-update-time column in pg_stat_activity or something like that.

            regards, tom lane