Re: datachecksums: handle invalid and dropped databases during enable

From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
Cc: Zsolt Parragi <zsolt(dot)parragi(at)percona(dot)com>, Alexander Lakhin <exclusion(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(at)vondra(dot)me>, "Jonathan Gonzalez V(dot)" <jonathan(dot)abdiel(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: datachecksums: handle invalid and dropped databases during enable
Date: 2026-08-26 21:59:49
Message-ID: ao9h1S6JmMLYsq7R@nathan
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On Wed, Aug 26, 2026 at 11:48:36PM +0200, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
>> On 25 Aug 2026, at 21:32, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>> Does this one deserve a mention on the open items wiki [0]?
>
> I don't think this is an open item; the code as it stands reverts back to a
> safe state in the case of a failed DROP. The same goes for if a user
> terminates the worker process, maybe there is a UX change to consider in a
> future version but it's not broken the way it is (as in, it reverts to a safe
> state). Do you agree with this Zsolt or an I missing an active bug?

Okay. I added one before you sent this message. Provided Zsolt agrees, I
will remove it.

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nathan

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