Re: Basebackup fails without useful error message

On 10/20/24 14:03, Koen De Groote wrote:

> So I'm assuming the process of writing WAL files, if there is an 
> archive_command set, is only considered to be finished after the archive 
> is written, not just when the WAL file is written in pg_wal.

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/continuous-archiving.html#BACKUP-ARCHIVING-WAL

"It is important that the archive command return zero exit status if and 
only if it succeeds. Upon getting a zero result, PostgreSQL will assume 
that the file has been successfully archived, and will remove or recycle 
it. However, a nonzero status tells PostgreSQL that the file was not 
archived; it will try again periodically until it succeeds."


> Regards,
> Koen De Groote
> 
> 

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