Hello
> I realized that the reason the tests broke after Sergei's patch is that
> recovery/t/001_stream_rep.pl's get_slot_xmins() is broken for temp
> walreceiver slots, since it's using the non-temp name it tries to give
> to the slot, rather than the temp name under which it is actually
> created. The workaround proposed by 0002 is to edit standby_1's config
> to set walreceiver's slot to be non-temp.
This is bug in behavior, not in tests.
We need walrcv->is_temp_slot = false; somewhere in RequestXLogStreaming to works correctly.
HEAD is not affected since primary_slot_name cannot be changed online.
> (The thing is: if I specify primary_slot_name in the config, why is the
> temp walreceiver slot code not obeying that name? I think walreceiver
> should create a temp slot, sure, but using the given name rather than
> coming up with a random name.)
Hm, interesting idea.
regards, Sergei
