PostgreSQL 12: Copying replication slots

The replication slot basically tells Postgres not to recycle or remove any WAL files that could ultimately prevent it from catching up with

PostgreSQL 12: Copying replication slots 1 psql -c begin; create table a ; select pg_sleep; commit; & · 2 pg_recvlogical --create-slot -S slot -d postgres & · 3 stop the

The replication slot basically tells Postgres not to recycle or remove any WAL files that could ultimately prevent it from catching up with

drop and lock slot machine The slot state state=present implies the slot must be present in the system state=absent implies the groups must be revoked from target_roles

Now a common cause for this kind of issue are replication slots which are not advanced: in that case, Postgres will hold on to all WAL segments

drop slot safes A limitation of the PostgreSQL implementation is that replication slots are not cluster-aware: a replication slot exists solely on the instance

This is not using replication slots sadly so I can no simply delete the replication slot name as there is none I believe this was