Re: walsummarizer can get stuck when switching timelines

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Andrey Borodin <x4mmm(at)yandex-team(dot)ru>
Cc: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: walsummarizer can get stuck when switching timelines
Date: 2026-07-15 14:15:59
Message-ID: CA+TgmoZ3o__hmheSynhrY1kHhQdSUM4+UFD_tZ6EDbGAtVENmw@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Jul 15, 2026 at 4:52 AM Andrey Borodin <x4mmm(at)yandex-team(dot)ru> wrote:
> I can reproduce it locally by adding an extra WAL switch on node1
> before promoting node2. It can probably be made deterministic either by
> polling pg_stat_archiver before relying on the segment (as
> 025_stuck_on_old_timeline.pl does) or by setting archive_mode=always on
> node2 (I would expect it to be a bit faster).

archive_mode=always seems like the correct fix. Here's v2.

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Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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