Re: Use SIGTERM instead of SIGUSR1 for slotsync worker to exit during promotion? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 11:21 AM Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Mar 22, 2026 at 1:52 AM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 9:35 PM Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > I noticed that during standby promotion the startup process sends SIGUSR1 to
> > > the slotsync worker to make it exit. Is there a reason for using SIGUSR1?
> > >
> >
> > IIRC, this same signal is used for both the backend executing
> > pg_sync_replication_slots() and slotsync worker. We want the worker to
> > exit and error_out backend. Using SIGTERM for backend could result in
> > its exit.
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> Why do we want the backend running pg_sync_replication_slots() to throw
> an error here, rather than just exit?
>

I think it was because the backends remain connected after promotion
and if we make them exit that will change the existing behavior.

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.