Re: [PATCH] Fix PITR pause bypass when initial XLOG_RUNNING_XACTS has subxid overflow

Hello,

> On 16. Jun 2026, at 10:58, Jan Nidzwetzki <jan(at)planetscale(dot)com> wrote:
>
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> The attached patch does that: when hot standby is not active at the
> recovery target (e.g., due to an incomplete snapshot), PostgreSQL will
> log a message and shut down instead of promoting silently. It mirrors
> how 'pause' is already downgraded to 'shutdown' when hot_standby is off.
> This lets the user choose a different recovery target or action. The
> patch also updates the documentation to clarify the behavior and adds a
> TAP test to verify the change.

Attached is a rebased version of the patch; cfbot reported that the
previous version no longer applies to master. v2 is a plain rebase with
no functional changes; the only other difference is a perltidy fix in
the TAP test.

The Commitfest entry is: https://commitfest.postgresql.org/patch/7026/

Any feedback on this approach would be welcome.

Best regards
Jan