Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> I vote with Simon. The thing is that if you get some queries
> cancelled, you'll realize you have a problem.
... or if you don't, they couldn't have been all that critical.
> Having your failover be 12 hours
> behind (or 12 months behind) is something that it would be much easier
> to not realize.
Okay, I'm sold, positive max_standby_delay should be the default.
regards, tom lane