Hello > I want to start this discussion because this is related to the patch > (propoesd at the thread [1]) that I'm reviewing. It does that partially, > i.e., prefers the promotion only when the pause is requested by > recovery_target_action=pause. But I think that it's reasonable and > more consistent to do that whether whichever the pause is requested > by pg_wal_replay_pause() or recovery_target_action.
+1. I'm just not sure if this is safe for replay logic, so I did not touch this behavior in my proposal. (hmm, I wanted to mention this, but apparently forgot) regards, Sergei