Re: Read-only connection mode for AI workflows.

From: Andrei Lepikhov <lepihov(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Jack Bonatakis <jack(at)bonatak(dot)is>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Read-only connection mode for AI workflows.
Date: 2026-03-18 14:36:31
Message-ID: 485a95a4-3220-4165-8be2-9508afd6a0b1@gmail.com
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On 18/3/26 15:26, Andres Freund wrote:
> Regardless of the AI angle it's quite useful to be able to put a server into
> read only mode, e.g. in preparation for a planned failover where you can
> continue to allow reads but don't want any more writes. Or in preparation for
> a shutdown you want to prevent further writes (so the shutdown checkpoint is
> quick), but you do want to allow further reads (to reduce the scope of the
> downtime, by allowing reads while doing a CHECKPOINT before the actual
> shutdown).

It returns us to the question about cluster-wide V/S session-wide
read-only mode. Should we design one of them or consider both? What do
you think?

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regards, Andrei Lepikhov,
pgEdge

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