Re: Race condition in recovery?

On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 9:40 PM Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> ...which has a clear race condition.
> src/test/recovery/t/023_pitr_prepared_xact.pl has logic to wait for a
> WAL file to be archived, so maybe we can steal that logic and use it
> here.

Yeah, done that, I think we can use exact same logic for history files
as well because if wal file is archived then history file must be
because a) history file get created during promotion so created before
WAL file with new TL is ready for archive b) Archiver archive history
files before archiving any WAL files.

src/test/recovery/t/025_stuck_on_old_timeline.pl

> I suggest we rename the test to something a bit more descriptive. Like
> instead of 025_timeline_issue.pl, perhaps
> 025_stuck_on_old_timeline.pl? Or I'm open to other suggestions, but
> "timeline issue" is a bit too vague for my taste.

Changed as suggested.

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