Re: issue with synchronized_standby_slots - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Tue, Sep 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM Zhijie Hou (Fujitsu)
<houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com> wrote:
> I agree. For synchronized_standby_slots, I think it is acceptable to report only
> parsing errors, because slots could be dropped even after validating the slot
> existence during GUC loading. Additionally, we would report WARNINGs for
> non-existent slots during the wait function anyway (e.g., in
> StandbySlotsHaveCaughtup()).

+1, to also address the issue I reported upthread.

As I understand it, only the walsender and the slot sync worker actually
use synchronized_standby_slots. But in the current code, all processes check
for slot existence via the GUC check hook, which wastes cycles. The proposed
change would eliminate that overhead.

Regards,

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Fujii Masao