On Fri, 2024-07-19 at 12:59 -0400, Robert Haas wrote: Thanks for looking at this.
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 11:32 AM David Steele <da...@pgmasters.net> wrote: > > I think it would be enough just to add a hint such as: > > > > HINT: this is possible when making a standby backup with little or no > > activity. > > That could work (with "this" capitalized). > > > My guess is in production environments this will be uncommon. > > I think so too, but when it does happen, confusion may be common. I guess this will most likely happen during tests like the one I made. I'd be alright with the hint, but I'd say "during making an *incremental* standby backup", because that's the only case where it can happen. I think it would also be sufficient if we document that possibility. When I got the error, I looked at the documentation of incremental backup for any limitations with standby servers, but didn't find any. A remark in the documentation would have satisfied me. Yours, Laurenz
