Re: Replication slot is not able to sync up

Hi,

Noticed below behaviour where replication slot is not able to sync up if any catalog changes happened after the creation.

Getting below LOG when trying to sync replication slots using pg_sync_replication_slots() function. 

The newly created slot does not appear on the standby after this LOG -

2025-05-23 07:57:12.453 IST [4178805] LOG:  could not synchronize replication slot "failover_slot" because remote slot precedes local slot
2025-05-23 07:57:12.453 IST [4178805] DETAIL:  The remote slot has LSN 0/B000060 and catalog xmin 764, but the local slot has LSN 0/B000060 and catalog xmin 765.
2025-05-23 07:57:12.453 IST [4178805] STATEMENT:  SELECT pg_sync_replication_slots();

Below is the test case tried on latest master branch -
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- Create the Primary and start the server.
wal_level = logical

- Create the physical slot on Primary.
SELECT pg_create_physical_replication_slot('slot1');

- Setup the standby using pg_basebackup.
bin/pg_basebackup -D data1 -p 5418 -d "dbname=postgres" -R

primary_slot_name = 'slot1'
hot_standby_feedback = on
port = 5419

-- Start the standby.

-- Connect to Primary and create a logical replication slot.
SELECT pg_create_logical_replication_slot('failover_slot', 'pgoutput', false, false, true);

postgres@4177929=#select xmin,* from pg_replication_slots ;
 xmin |   slot_name   |  plugin  | slot_type | datoid | database | temporary | active | active_pid | xmin | catalog_xmin | restart_lsn | confirmed_flush_lsn | wal_status | safe_wal_size | two_phas
e | two_phase_at |          inactive_since          | conflicting | invalidation_reason | failover | synced
------+---------------+----------+-----------+--------+----------+-----------+--------+------------+------+--------------+-------------+---------------------+------------+---------------+---------
--+--------------+----------------------------------+-------------+---------------------+----------+--------
  765 | slot1         |          | physical  |        |          | f         | t      |    4177898 |  765 |              | 0/B018B00   |                     | reserved   |               | f      
  |              |                                  |             |                     | f        | f
      | failover_slot | pgoutput | logical   |      5 | postgres | f         | f      |            |      |          764 | 0/B000060   | 0/B000098           | reserved   |               | f      
  |              | 2025-05-23 07:55:31.277584+05:30 | f           |                     | t        | f
(2 rows)

-- Perform some catalog changes. e.g.:
create table abc(id int);
postgres@4179034=#select xmin from pg_class where relname='abc';
 xmin
------
  764
(1 row)

-- Connect to the standby and try to sync the replication slots.
SELECT pg_sync_replication_slots();

In the logfile, can see below LOG -
2025-05-23 07:57:12.453 IST [4178805] LOG:  could not synchronize replication slot "failover_slot" because remote slot precedes local slot
2025-05-23 07:57:12.453 IST [4178805] DETAIL:  The remote slot has LSN 0/B000060 and catalog xmin 764, but the local slot has LSN 0/B000060 and catalog xmin 765.
2025-05-23 07:57:12.453 IST [4178805] STATEMENT:  SELECT pg_sync_replication_slots();

select xmin,* from pg_replication_slots ;
no rows

Primary -
postgres@4179034=#select xmin,* from pg_replication_slots ;
 xmin |   slot_name   |  plugin  | slot_type | datoid | database | temporary | active | active_pid | xmin | catalog_xmin | restart_lsn | confirmed_flush_lsn | wal_status | safe_wal_size | two_phas
e | two_phase_at |          inactive_since          | conflicting | invalidation_reason | failover | synced
------+---------------+----------+-----------+--------+----------+-----------+--------+------------+------+--------------+-------------+---------------------+------------+---------------+---------
--+--------------+----------------------------------+-------------+---------------------+----------+--------
  765 | slot1         |          | physical  |        |          | f         | t      |    4177898 |  765 |              | 0/B018C08   |                     | reserved   |               | f      
  |              |                                  |             |                     | f        | f
      | failover_slot | pgoutput | logical   |      5 | postgres | f         | f      |            |      |          764 | 0/B000060   | 0/B000098           | reserved   |               | f      
  |              | 2025-05-23 07:55:31.277584+05:30 | f           |                     | t        | f
(2 rows)
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Is there any way to sync up the replication slot after the catalog changes have been made after creation?