On Wednesday, September 30, 2026, Laurenz Albe <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2026-09-29 at 21:03 +0530, Toppr Tenali wrote: > > > However, I could not find an explicit statement about whether taking or > completing a > > base backup itself affects when WAL segments in the local pg_wal > directory become > > eligible for recycling/removal. > > > > Could the documentation explicitly clarify this relationship? > > I don't think that there is a relationship between WAL recycling and a > base backup, > so there is nothing to document. > In fact, the wording of -X fetch mode shows the non-linkage quite well. Likewise -X stream also explains how pg_basebackup provides a behavior to deal with the noninherent coordination between the two systems. David J.
