> On Dec 7, 2020, at 7:02 AM, Paul Förster <paul.foerster@gmail.com> wrote:
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> in my understanding, this is only true if you don't use replication slots. If you use replication slots then the
primaryshould know when a WAL file is no longer needed and abandoned or ready to be recycled.
I don't think OP is talking about the WAL files PG is managing; I think he's talking about WAL files copied into an
archivedirectory.