On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 11:27 PM Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> wrote: > > > > Attached patch combines Assert and elog(ERROR, ) so that when an > > Assert is triggered in assert-enabled binary, it will throw an error > > while keeping the backend intact. Thus it does not affect gdb session > > or psql session. These elogs do not make their way to non-assert > > binary so do not make it to production like Assert. > > I am quite strongly against this. This will lead to assertions being hit in > tests without that being noticed, e.g. because they happen in a background > process that just restarts.
Fair point. Our regression doesn't check server error logs for unwanted errors. How about restricting it to only client backends? I don't know how to identify those from others but there must be a way. -- Best Wishes, Ashutosh Bapat
