This seems to be different behaviour between pg9.5 and pg10. Pg9.5 does not give a connection error once "pg_ctl --wait ..." finishes. So I've moved this to the pgsql-bugs list.
Greg On Fri, 2 Mar 2018 at 17:04 Greg k <gregg....@gmail.com> wrote: > In PostreSql 10, the documentation for pg_ctl and the "--wait" option says > "Startup is considered complete when the PID file indicates that the server > is ready to accept connections." > > When I do a point-in-time recovery followed by a start with > "/usr/pgsql-10/bin/pg_ctl start -D /data -w -t 86400", I then try to > connect immediately after pg_ctl finishes. But I get a connection error > "psql: FATAL: the database system is starting up" . It seems the > postmaster.pid file state goes from 'starting' to 'standby' to 'ready' but > pg_ctl is saying the server is ready to accept connections when the > postmaster.pid file says 'standby'. Am I misunderstanding the documentation? > > Thanks, > Greg >
