Hi,
On 7/21/19 9:48 PM, Michael Paquier wrote:
>> Since pg_receivewal does not apply WAL, you should not allow it to
>> become a synchronous standby when synchronous_commit = remote_apply.
>> If it does, it will appear to be a standby which never catches up,
>> which may cause commits to block. To avoid this, you should either
>> configure an appropriate value for synchronous_standby_names, or
>> specify an application_name for pg_receivewal that does not match it,
>> or change the value of synchronous_commit to something other than
>> remote_apply.
>>
>> I think that'd be a lot more useful than enumerating the total-failure
>> scenarios.
>
> +1. Thanks for the suggestions! Your wording looks good to me.
+1
Here is the patch for it, with Robert as the author.
Best regards,
Jesper