On Saturday, December 13, 2025, Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> pg_isready is "ncat -zv $host 5432" for systems which don't have ncat
> installed.
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Pretty sure this is also an incorrect, or at least incomplete statement.
pg_isready uses the PostgreSQL wire protocol to make a better
determination as to readiness than ncat does. People are just complaining
that it doesn’t go further than it does. They see “user” and “database”
and misinterpret why those options exist.
David J.