From 10027f2e2a6dbda7f49ae3b309a5522add23f25c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Imran Zaheer <imran.zhir@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:36:45 +0500
Subject: [PATCH v4 4/4] Pipelined Recovery - Add Tap test

Some basic tap test to ensure pipeline is working as expected.

Most of the testing is done by running all the tests under the recovery suite
with pipeline on by default i.e. PG_TEST_INITDB_EXTRA_OPTS="-c wal_pipeline=on"
---
 src/test/recovery/meson.build          |   1 +
 src/test/recovery/t/054_walpipeline.pl | 208 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 209 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/test/recovery/t/054_walpipeline.pl

diff --git a/src/test/recovery/meson.build b/src/test/recovery/meson.build
index 9eb8ed11425..251e1822dec 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/recovery/meson.build
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ tests += {
       't/051_effective_wal_level.pl',
       't/052_checkpoint_segment_missing.pl',
       't/053_standby_login_event_trigger.pl',
+      't/054_walpipeline.pl',
     ],
   },
 }
diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/054_walpipeline.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/054_walpipeline.pl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d682c878c79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/recovery/t/054_walpipeline.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2025-2026, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+#
+# Tests for the WAL pipeline feature (wal_pipeline GUC).
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster;
+use PostgreSQL::Test::Utils;
+use Test::More;
+
+# ----------
+# Helpers
+# ----------
+
+sub slurp_log
+{
+	my ($node) = @_;
+	open(my $fh, '<', $node->logfile()) or die "Cannot open log: $!";
+	my @lines = <$fh>;
+	close($fh);
+	return @lines;
+}
+
+sub log_matches
+{
+	my ($node, $re) = @_;
+	return grep { /$re/ } slurp_log($node);
+}
+
+
+# ########################################
+#   wal_pipeline = on, basic recovery
+# ########################################
+
+my $node1 = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('p1-recovery');
+$node1->init;
+$node1->start;
+
+$node1->safe_psql('postgres', q{
+    CREATE TABLE t (id serial PRIMARY KEY, v text);
+    INSERT INTO t (v)
+    SELECT md5(i::text) FROM generate_series(1,50000) i;
+});
+
+# generate more WAL
+$node1->safe_psql('postgres', q{
+    INSERT INTO t (v)
+    SELECT md5(i::text) FROM generate_series(1,50000) i;
+});
+
+# crash stop to force WAL recovery
+$node1->stop('immediate');
+
+# restart → recovery happens
+$node1->append_conf('postgresql.conf', "wal_pipeline = on");
+$node1->start;
+
+
+# Producer started
+ok(scalar log_matches($node1, qr/\[walpipeline\] producer: started at/),
+	'producer started message found in log');
+
+# Pipeline stopped cleanly
+ok(scalar log_matches($node1, qr/\[walpipeline\] shutdown/),
+	'pipeline stopped message found in log');
+
+# Consumer received shutdown from producer
+ok(scalar log_matches($node1, qr/\[walpipeline\] consumer: received shutdown message/),
+	'consumer received shutdown message from producer');
+
+# sent == received
+my @exit_lines = log_matches($node1,
+	qr/\[walpipeline\] producer: exiting: sent=\d+ received=\d+/);
+ok(scalar @exit_lines >= 1, 'producer exiting line found in log');
+
+my ($sent, $recv) = $exit_lines[-1] =~ /sent=(\d+) received=(\d+)/;
+ok(defined $sent && $sent > 0, "sent count ($sent) is positive");
+ok(defined $recv && $recv > 0, "received count ($recv) is positive");
+is($sent, $recv, "no records lost in pipeline queue: sent=$sent received=$recv");
+
+# No PANIC
+ok(!(scalar log_matches($node1, qr/\bPANIC\b/)),
+	'no PANIC messages during pipeline recovery');
+
+# Data integrity
+my $count = $node1->safe_psql('postgres', 'SELECT count(*) FROM t');
+is($count + 0, 100_000, 'all 100000 rows visible after pipeline recovery');
+
+$node1->stop;
+
+# ##############################################################
+#    wal_pipeline = off (baseline, no pipeline log messages)
+# ##############################################################
+
+my $node2 = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('p0-recovery');
+$node2->init;
+$node2->start;
+
+$node2->safe_psql('postgres', q{
+    CREATE TABLE t (id serial PRIMARY KEY, v text);
+    INSERT INTO t (v)
+    SELECT md5(i::text) FROM generate_series(1,50000) i;
+});
+
+# generate more WAL
+$node2->safe_psql('postgres', q{
+    INSERT INTO t (v)
+    SELECT md5(i::text) FROM generate_series(1,50000) i;
+});
+
+# crash stop to force WAL recovery
+$node2->stop('immediate');
+
+# restart → recovery happens
+$node2->append_conf('postgresql.conf', "wal_pipeline = off");
+$node2->start;
+
+ok(!(scalar log_matches($node2, qr/\[walpipeline\] producer: started/)),
+	'no pipeline log messages when wal_pipeline = off');
+
+my $count2 = $node2->safe_psql('postgres', 'SELECT count(*) FROM t');
+is($count2 + 0, 100_000, 'all rows present after non-pipeline recovery');
+
+$node2->stop;
+
+
+
+# ###################################################################
+#  Test pipeline on vs off produce identical data (checksum comparison)
+# ###################################################################
+
+my $primary = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('primary');
+$primary->init(allows_streaming => 1);
+$primary->start;
+
+$primary->safe_psql('postgres', q{
+    CREATE TABLE t (id serial PRIMARY KEY, v text);
+    INSERT INTO t (v)
+    SELECT md5(i::text) FROM generate_series(1, 30000) i;
+});
+
+$primary->backup('backup3');
+
+$primary->safe_psql('postgres', q{
+    INSERT INTO t (v)
+    SELECT md5(i::text) FROM generate_series(1, 30000) i;
+    UPDATE t SET v = 'x' WHERE id % 10 = 0;
+});
+
+# ensure WAL boundary
+$primary->safe_psql('postgres', 'SELECT pg_switch_wal()');
+my $target_lsn = $primary->safe_psql('postgres', 'SELECT pg_current_wal_lsn()');
+
+my $replica_on = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('replica_p1');
+$replica_on->init_from_backup($primary, 'backup3',
+    has_streaming => 1);
+$replica_on->append_conf('postgresql.conf', "wal_pipeline = on\n");
+$replica_on->start;
+
+my $replica_off = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('replica_p0');
+$replica_off->init_from_backup($primary, 'backup3',
+    has_streaming => 1);
+$replica_off->append_conf('postgresql.conf', "wal_pipeline = off\n");
+$replica_off->start;
+
+# wait for replicas to catch up
+$primary->wait_for_catchup($replica_on);
+$primary->wait_for_catchup($replica_off);
+
+my $md5_on  = $replica_on->safe_psql('postgres',
+    "SELECT md5(string_agg(id::text||v, ',' ORDER BY id)) FROM t");
+
+my $md5_off = $replica_off->safe_psql('postgres',
+    "SELECT md5(string_agg(id::text||v, ',' ORDER BY id)) FROM t");
+
+is($md5_on, $md5_off,
+    'table checksum identical between pipeline=on and pipeline=off');
+
+$replica_on->stop;
+$replica_off->stop;
+$primary->stop('fast');
+
+
+
+# #################################
+#  Test pipeline when no need of replay
+# #################################
+
+my $node3 = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('p1-small-replay');
+$node3->init;
+$node3->start;
+
+# crash stop to force WAL recovery
+$node3->stop('immediate');
+
+# restart → recovery happens
+$node3->append_conf('postgresql.conf', "wal_pipeline = on");
+$node3->start;
+
+ok(scalar log_matches($node3, qr/\[walpipeline\] producer: exiting: sent=0 received=0/),
+	'pipeline producer sent zero records');
+
+ok((scalar log_matches($node3, qr/redo done at/)),
+	'pipeline redo done even with tiny replay');
+
+$node3->stop;
+
+done_testing();
\ No newline at end of file
-- 
2.34.1

