Re: Improve checks for GUC recovery_target_xid

From: David Steele <david(at)pgbackrest(dot)org>
To: Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Hüseyin Demir <huseyin(dot)d3r(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Improve checks for GUC recovery_target_xid
Date: 2026-03-05 08:15:29
Message-ID: bc089939-a889-4fd4-bad8-42cc071cd58e@pgbackrest.org
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On 3/5/26 12:03, Fujii Masao wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2026 at 1:21 PM David Steele <david(at)pgbackrest(dot)org> wrote:
>> The prior standby is not running because of the invalid config. I
>> figured it was better to start clean but when I update the
>> recovery_target_timeline tests I was planning to use the same standby
>> for all the new tests.
>
> Alternatively, we can use $node_primary, since ALTER SYSTEM SET with
> invalid recovery_target_timeline or recovery_target_xid does not
> affect the primary.

Well, as it turns out I was using the primary after all because I copied
your example and forgot to update the host. Seems weird to set these
GUCs on the primary but as long as we get the expected errors I don't
suppose it matters.

Regards,
-David

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