Re: BUG #19409: Function jsonb_strip_nulls() changed from immutable to stable.

On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 10:18 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> PG Bug reporting form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> > ... this fails in PostgreSQL 18, because the jsonb_strip_nulls ( target
> > jsonb [,strip_in_arrays boolean ] ) function changed from immutable to
> > stable.
>
> A bit of git excavation shows that this changed here:
>
> Author: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
> Branch: master Release: REL_18_BR [4603903d2] 2025-03-05 10:04:02 -0500
>
> Allow json{b}_strip_nulls to remove null array elements
>
> An additional paramater ("strip_in_arrays") is added to these
> functions.
> It defaults to false. If true, then null array elements are removed as
> well as null valued object fields. JSON that just consists of a single
> null is not affected.
>
> Author: Florents Tselai <florents(dot)tselai(at)gmail(dot)com>
>
> Discussion:
> https://postgr.es/m/4BCECCD5-4F40-4313-9E98-9E16BEB0B01D@gmail.com
>
> It looks like a thinko to me, because surely the strip_in_arrays
> parameter did not make the function more mutable than before.
>

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