Re: BUG #19867: pg_verifybackup accepts out-of-range Timeline in backup manifest

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: imchifan(at)mail(dot)com, pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #19867: pg_verifybackup accepts out-of-range Timeline in backup manifest
Date: 2026-11-11 13:15:20
Message-ID: 4d22de534f4ea4ac2dc4cd3026451bebd15729e4.camel@cybertec.at
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On Wed, 2026-11-11 at 05:46 +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
> pg_verifybackup accepts a backup-manifest Timeline value of 4294967297,
> which is outside the range of PostgreSQL timeline identifiers, and proceeds
> to manifest checksum validation.

Why is that a problem?

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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