Re: doc: add note that wal_level=logical doesn't set up logical replication in itself

From: Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se>
To: Florents Tselai <florents(dot)tselai(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: doc: add note that wal_level=logical doesn't set up logical replication in itself
Date: 2026-02-06 21:03:15
Message-ID: 4d64ba01-fb1e-47ea-8364-0eaf3efd4c0e@proxel.se
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On 2/6/26 4:36 PM, Florents Tselai wrote:
> Twice this week I've encountered users confusing wal_level=logical with
> the actual setup of Logical Replication.
> Since users often land directly on the config.html page via search engines,
> they see the setting and assume enabling it is all that is required for
> replication to work.
> I think adding a clarification note here will prevent this (not so
> uncommon) misunderstanding.

With the automatic change of effective WAL level which will be added in
PostgreSQL 19 I think that addition will just move the confusion to
another thing. If we want this note I think we need to clarify that
replica is enough since that can be automatically increased to logical
when necessary.

Andreas

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