Re: Read-only connection mode for AI workflows.

On 19.03.26 08:44, Andrei Lepikhov wrote:
> On 16/3/26 22:01, Andrei Lepikhov wrote:
>> On 16/3/26 20:28, Jack Bonatakis wrote:
>>> On Mon, Mar 16, 2026, at 2:08 PM, Andrei Lepikhov wrote:
>>>> I believe the pg_readonly [1] extension does what you're looking
>>>> for, so
>>>> you might want to give it a try.
>>> Please correct me if I am mistaken, but it looks like pg_readonly
>>> operates at the database or cluster level.
>
> Take a look at the [1] project. It's a simpler version of [2] that
> always switches to read-only mode.
> To use it, just have your connection pooler load the 'safesession'
> module. This will keep the session in read-only mode until it ends.
> There are no GUCs, and there is no way to change the mode, even for a
> superuser. Does this seem safe enough?
>
> We could improve it by restricting manual calls to specific utility
> operations, such as VACUUM or REINDEX. However, we would need some
> specifications first.

Here is a stalled project to implement ALTER SYSTEM READ ONLY:
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAAJ_b97KZzdJsffwRK7w0XU5HnXkcgKgTR69t8cOZztsyXjkQw%40mail.gmail.com

Maybe that could be reactivated, but the reason it stalled was that it
was hard.