Hi,
On 2023-02-08 10:18:41 -0800, Andres Freund wrote:
> I don't think the syncrep logic in WalSndUpdateProgress really works as-is -
> consider what happens if e.g. the origin filter filters out entire
> transactions. We'll afaics never get to WalSndUpdateProgress(). In some cases
> we'll be lucky because we'll return quickly to XLogSendLogical(), but not
> reliably.
Is it actually the right thing to check SyncRepRequested() in that logic? It's
quite common to set up syncrep so that individual users or transactions opt
into syncrep, but to leave the default disabled.
I don't really see an alternative to making this depend solely on
sync_standbys_defined.
Greetings,
Andres Freund
