Bug: wrong relname in RemoveSubscriptionRel() error detail

From: Chao Li <li(dot)evan(dot)chao(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Bug: wrong relname in RemoveSubscriptionRel() error detail
Date: 2026-03-27 09:51:57
Message-ID: B7B16777-AC54-413A-BECE-A814E90D395B@gmail.com
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Hi,

I just noticed a wrong relation name in the error detail emitted by RemoveSubscriptionRel():
```
*
* Drop subscription relation mapping. These can be for a particular
* subscription, or for a particular relation, or both.
*/
void
RemoveSubscriptionRel(Oid subid, Oid relid)
{
Relation rel;
TableScanDesc scan;
ScanKeyData skey[2];
HeapTuple tup;
int nkeys = 0;

rel = table_open(SubscriptionRelRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);

if (OidIsValid(subid))
{
ScanKeyInit(&skey[nkeys++],
Anum_pg_subscription_rel_srsubid,
BTEqualStrategyNumber,
F_OIDEQ,
ObjectIdGetDatum(subid));
}

if (OidIsValid(relid))
{
ScanKeyInit(&skey[nkeys++],
Anum_pg_subscription_rel_srrelid,
BTEqualStrategyNumber,
F_OIDEQ,
ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
}

/* Do the search and delete what we found. */
scan = table_beginscan_catalog(rel, nkeys, skey);
while (HeapTupleIsValid(tup = heap_getnext(scan, ForwardScanDirection)))
{
Form_pg_subscription_rel subrel;

subrel = (Form_pg_subscription_rel) GETSTRUCT(tup);

if (!OidIsValid(subid) &&
subrel->srsubstate != SUBREL_STATE_READY &&
get_rel_relkind(subrel->srrelid) != RELKIND_SEQUENCE)
{
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
errmsg("could not drop relation mapping for subscription \"%s\"",
get_subscription_name(subrel->srsubid, false)),
errdetail("Table synchronization for relation \"%s\" is in progress and is in state \"%c\".",
get_rel_name(relid), subrel->srsubstate), // <====== bug is here

```

In the error detail, it uses relid to get the relation name. But at that point we are iterating over subrel, and the function argument relid can be InvalidOid. So the error detail should use subrel->srrelid instead.

This looks like a first-day bug introducing by ce0fdbf, so I think it’s worth back-patching.

Best regards,
--
Chao Li (Evan)
HighGo Software Co., Ltd.
https://www.highgo.com/

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