Hello Andres,
22.01.2024 23:41, Andres Freund wrote:
Hi,
I noticed that I was getting core dumps while executing the tests, without the
tests failing. Backtraces are vriations of this:
...
ISTM that we shouldn't basically silently overlook shutdowns due to crashes in
the tests. How to not do so is unfortunately not immediately obvious to me...
FWIW, I encountered this behavior as well (with pg_stat):
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/18158-88f667028dbc7...@postgresql.org
and proposed a way to detect such shutdowns for a discussion:
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/290b9ae3-98a2-0896-a957-18d3b60b6260%40gmail.com
where Shveta referenced a previous thread started by Tom Lane:
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/2366244.1651681...@sss.pgh.pa.us
What do you think about leaving postmaster.pid on disk in case of an
abnormal shutdown?
Best regards,
Alexander
