Re: pg_basebackup --create-slot-if-not-exists?

On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 05:34:20PM -0700, David G. Johnston wrote:
> What’s the use case for automating pg_basebackup with a named replication
> slot created by the pg_basebackup command?  Why can you not leverage a
> temporary replication slot (i.e., omit —slot). ISTM the create option is
> basically obsolete now.

+1.

Perhaps the ask would ease some monitoring around pg_replication_slots
with a fixed slot name?  One thing that could come into play is the
possibility to enforce the use of a temporary slot with a name given
by -S as pg_basebackup makes it permanent in this case, still the
temporary slot name being pg_basebackup_${PID} makes the slot
searchable with a pattern.
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Michael