On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 at 14:35, Vitaly Davydov <v.davy...@postgrespro.ru> wrote: > > Dear Hayato, > > > To confirm, can you tell me the theory why the walsender received old LSN? > > It is sent by the walreceiver, so is there a case that > > LogstreamResult.Flush can go backward? > > Not sure we can accept the situation. > > I can't say anything about the origin of the issue, but it can be easily > reproduced > on the master branch: > > 1. Add an assert in PhysicalConfirmReceivedLocation (apply the attached patch) > 2. Compile & install with tap tests and assertions enabled > 3. cd src/bin/pg_basebackup/ > 3. PROVE_TESTS=t/020_pg_receivewal.pl gmake check
Thanks for the steps, I was able to reproduce the issue with the suggested steps. > The test will fail because of the assertion. I plan to investigate the issue > but I need some more time for it. Once, it happens on the original master > branch, I think, this problem already exists. The proposed patch seems > to be not guilty. This issue occurs even prior to this commit, I was able to reproduce it on a version just before it. I’ll also look into analyzing the root cause further. > It may be the same problem as discussed in: > https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CALDaNm2uQbhEVJzvnja6rw7Q9AYu9FpVmET%3DTbwLjV3DcPRhLw%40mail.gmail.com This issue was related to confirmed_flush and was addressed in commit d1ffcc7fa3c54de8b2a677a3e503fc808c7b419c. It is not related to restart_lsn. Regards, Vignesh