On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 2:49 PM shveta malik <shveta.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 9:17 AM shveta malik <shveta.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2024 at 3:01 PM shveta malik <shveta.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > 1) > It is related to one of my previous comments (pt 3 in [1]) where I > stated that inactive_since should not keep on changing once a slot is > invalidated. >
Agreed. Updating the inactive_since for a slot that is already invalid is misleading. > > > 2) > One more issue in this message is, once I set > replication_slot_inactive_timeout to a bigger value, it becomes more > misleading. This is because invalidation was done in the past using > previous value while message starts showing new value: > > ALTER SYSTEM SET replication_slot_inactive_timeout TO '36h'; > > --see 129600 secs in DETAIL and the current time. > postgres=# SELECT * FROM pg_replication_slot_advance('mysubnew1_1', > pg_current_wal_lsn()); > ERROR: can no longer get changes from replication slot "mysubnew1_1" > DETAIL: The slot became invalid because it was inactive since > 2024-09-04 10:06:38.980939+05:30, which is more than 129600 seconds > ago. > postgres=# select now(); > now > ---------------------------------- > 2024-09-04 10:07:35.201894+05:30 > > I feel we should change this message itself. > +1. -- With Regards, Amit Kapila.