Re: [PATCH] pg_stat_activity: make slow/hanging authentication more visible

On Thu, Mar 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> wrote:
> I have applied the simplest patch for now, to silence the failures in
> the CI, and included your suggestion to add a check on the
> backend_type for the extra safety it offers.

Thanks! Initial CI run looks green, so that's a good start.

I've reattached the wait event patches, to get the cfbot back to where it was.

> I'd like the addition of the poll_query_until() in the long-term, but
> I'm really not sure if the semantics would be right this way under a
> background psql.  In the auth 007 test, they would be OK, but it could
> be surprising if we have other callers that begin relying on it.

Yeah, that API is definitely subtle.

--Jacob