Re: Issue with logical replication slot during switchover

On Wed, Aug 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM shveta malik <shveta.malik@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM Fabrice Chapuis <fabrice636861@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> Another problem as you pointed out is inconsistent behaviour across
> switchovers. On the first switchover, we get the error on new standby:
>  "Exiting from slot synchronization because a slot with the same name
> already exists on the standby."
>
> But in the case of a double switchover, this error does not occur.
> This is due to the 'synced' flag not set on new standby on first
> switchover while set in double switchover. I think the behaviour
> should be the same. In both cases, it should emit the same error. We
> are thinking of a potential solution here and will start a new thread
> if needed.
>

Started a thread [1] for this issue.

[1]:
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAJpy0uBJqTQdq%2BUDW55oK2bhxMig%3DFaEYFV%3D%2BZaKmtmgNWwsHw%40mail.gmail.com

thanks
Shveta