Re: This seems like very unfriendly behaviour

On Sat, 25 May 2019 at 08:35, Dave Cramer <davecramer(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> How do I get rid of this slot ?
>
> select pg_drop_replication_slot('mysub');
> ERROR: replication slot "mysub" is active for PID 13065
> test_database=# select * from pg_subscription;
> subdbid | subname | subowner | subenabled | subconninfo | subslotname | subsynccommit | subpublications
> ---------+---------+----------+------------+-------------+-------------+---------------+-----------------
> (0 rows)
>
> test_database=# select * from pg_publication;
> pubname | pubowner | puballtables | pubinsert | pubupdate | pubdelete | pubtruncate
> ---------+----------+--------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------
> (0 rows)
>

Can you check "select * from pg_stat_replication"?

also, what pid is being reported in pg_replication_slot for this slot?
do you see a process in pg_stat_activity for that pid? in the os?

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