Re: Dropping publication breaks logical replication

On Fri, Aug 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM Ashutosh Bapat
<ashutosh(dot)bapat(dot)oss(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Aug 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM Ashutosh Bapat
> > <ashutosh(dot)bapat(dot)oss(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Aug 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Now, seeing this report, it seems the customer(s) are probably okay to
> > > > skip a missing publication and let replication continue. So, we should
> > > > consider backpatching this change but it would be better if few more
> > > > people can share their opinion on this matter.
> > >
> > > Including Tomas for his opinion. Who else do you think can provide an
> > > opinion based on experience?
> > >
> >
> > I don't have any particular names in mind but Dilip and Sawada-San
> > names are listed as reviewers in the commit [1], so it would be good
> > to see what are their thoughts on this.
> >
> > Please note that this behavior is from the time logical replication
> > was introduced, so we need to be a bit careful in changing the
> > behavior in backbranches.
>
> Agreed.
>
> Only Dilip has expressed an opinion so far. Haven't heard from others,
> so can't guess what their opinions are.
>

Yeah, let's wait for a few more days. Even if we decide to backpatch
it, let's target the next minor release.

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.