Re: pg_waldump: support decoding of WAL inside tarfile - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM Amul Sul <sulamul@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Known Issues & Status:
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> - Timeline Switching: The current implementation in patch 006 does not
> correctly handle timeline switching. This is a known issue, especially
> when a timeline change occurs on a WAL file that has been written to a
> temporary location.
>

This is still pending and will be addressed in the next version.
Therefore, patch 0006 remains marked as WIP.

> - Testing: Local regression tests on CentOS and macOS M4 are passing.
> However, some tests on macOS Sonoma (specifically 008_untar.pl and
> 010_client_untar.pl) are failing in the GitHub workflow with a "WAL
> parsing failed for timeline 1" error. This issue is currently being
> investigated.
>

This has been fixed in the attached version; all GitHub workflow tests
are now fine.

Regards,
Amul