On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 08:17:44AM +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
> I'm connection to pg10 using psql (tried with clients psql 10.11 & psql
> 12.2) using a connection string such as:
> psql 'dbname=xxxxx1,xxxxx2,xxxxx3,xxxxx4 target_session_attrs=read-write'
>
> the connection to first database (xxxxx1) fail with the error:
> psql.bin: FATAL: the database system is starting up
>
> which is correct according to postgres state on that machine,
> but then I would expect the psql tries the next server (xxxxx2) with is in
> the one acceptiong the connection params (target_session_attrs=read-write)
>
> instead of the error.
I agree.