Hello
> I want to start this discussion because this is related to the patch
> (propoesd at the thread [1]) that I'm reviewing. It does that partially,
> i.e., prefers the promotion only when the pause is requested by
> recovery_target_action=pause. But I think that it's reasonable and
> more consistent to do that whether whichever the pause is requested
> by pg_wal_replay_pause() or recovery_target_action.
+1.
I'm just not sure if this is safe for replay logic, so I did not touch this behavior in my proposal. (hmm, I wanted to mention this, but apparently forgot)
regards, Sergei