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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Nicer error when connecting to standby with hot_standby=off
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Msg-id 1010835.1616533197@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Nicer error when connecting to standby with hot_standby=off  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>)
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org> writes:
> FATAL:  the database system is starting up
> DETAIL:  WAL is being applied to recover from a system crash.
> or
> DETAIL:  The system is applying WAL to recover from a system crash.
> or
> DETAIL:  The startup process is applying WAL to recover from a system crash.

I don't think the postmaster has enough context to know if that's
actually true.  It just launches the startup process and waits for
results.  If somebody saw this during a normal (non-crash) startup,
they'd be justifiably alarmed.

            regards, tom lane

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