>> Note that this patch does not contain the HeapTupleSatisfiesVacuum
>> changes. I believe we need changes to HeapTupleSatisfiesVacuum given
>> than logical decoding changes the assumption that catalog tuples
>> belonging to a transaction which never committed can be reclaimed
>> immediately. With 2PC logical decoding or streaming logical decoding,
>> we can always have a split time window in which the ongoing decode
>> cycle needs those tuples. The solution is that even for aborted
>> transactions, we do not return HEAPTUPLE_DEAD if the transaction id is
>> newer than the OldestXmin (same logic we use for deleted tuples of
>> committed transactions). We can do this only for catalog table rows
>> (both system and user defined) to limit the scope of impact. In any
>> case, this needs to be a separate patch along with a separate
>> discussion thread.
>
> Are you working on that as well?
Sure, I was planning to work on that after getting the documentation
for this patch out of the way.
Regards,
Nikhils
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