Sergei Kornilov <s...@zsrv.org> writes: >> which should certainly not happen for a PGC_POSTMASTER parameter.
> But max_parallel_workers is PGC_USERSET and this behavior seems be documented: Argh! I was looking at max_worker_processes in one window and max_parallel_workers in another, and failed to see the discrepancy. Those GUCs are too confusingly named :-(. regards, tom lane