BUG #19723: CREATE INDEX racing with ALTER INDEX ATTACH PARTITION triggers unexpected internal error

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Subject: BUG #19723: CREATE INDEX racing with ALTER INDEX ATTACH PARTITION triggers unexpected internal error
Date: 2026-09-26 09:00:00
Message-ID: 19723-8a47b625c2c64f75@postgresql.org
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The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference: 19723
Logged by: Alexander Lakhin
Email address: exclusion(at)gmail(dot)com
PostgreSQL version: 19beta4
Operating system: Ubuntu 24.04
Description:

The following script:
echo "
CREATE TABLE t (a int, b int) PARTITION BY list (b);
CREATE TABLE tp1 PARTITION OF t FOR VALUES IN (1);
" | psql

for ((i=1;i<=100;i++)); do
echo "iteration $i"
echo "
DROP INDEX t_a_idx;
DROP INDEX t_a_idx2;
CREATE INDEX t_a_idx ON ONLY t (a);
CREATE INDEX tp1_a_idx ON tp1 (a);
" | psql

echo "ALTER INDEX t_a_idx ATTACH PARTITION tp1_a_idx;" | psql &
echo "CREATE INDEX t_a_idx2 ON t(a);" | psql
wait
grep 'ERROR: bogus pg_inherit row' server.log && break;
done

tirggers:
iteration 3
DROP INDEX
DROP INDEX
CREATE INDEX
CREATE INDEX
ERROR: bogus pg_inherit row: inhrelid 16400 inhparent 16399
ALTER INDEX
2026-09-26 04:36:22.653 EDT|user|regression|6ab78406.1ddce8|XX000 ERROR:
bogus pg_inherit row: inhrelid 16400 inhparent 16399

which is described as unexpected:
/*
* A pg_inherits row exists. If it's the same we
want, then we're
* good; if it differs, that amounts to a corrupt
catalog and
* should not happen.
*/
if (inhForm->inhparent != parentOid)
{
/* unexpected: we should not get called in
this case */
elog(ERROR, "bogus pg_inherit row: inhrelid
%u inhparent %u",
inhForm->inhrelid,
inhForm->inhparent);
}

Reproduced starting from 8b08f7d48.

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