Re: struggling with logical replication and WAL segments removed even with max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: Sbob <sbob(at)quadratum-braccas(dot)com>, pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: struggling with logical replication and WAL segments removed even with max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1
Date: 2026-01-04 16:29:14
Message-ID: 82666d95c1c837ce600bc2a3f212f8ebbc1f5b22.camel@cybertec.at
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On Sat, 2026-01-03 at 11:28 -0700, Sbob wrote:
> we have been fighting logical replication for some timetgres v14, 
> max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1 but I still get this kind of error on the
> publisher every few days:
>
> ERROR:  requested WAL segment 00000002000009D6000000AB has already been removed

What is the "wal_status" of the replication slot in "pg_replication_slots"?

Unless you are hitting a bug (what is you minor version?), I'd say that some
rogue software is removing files from "pg_wal".

Compare the "restart_lsn" from "pg_replication_slots" with the available
WAL segments on the primary.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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