> > Waiting when WAL data is not available from any kind of sources > > (local, archive or stream) before trying again to retrieve WAL data, > > I think 'local' means pg_wal here, but the comment on > WaitForWALToBecomeAvailable() says checking pg_wal in > standby mode is 'not documented', so I'm a little bit worried > that users may be confused.
This logic seems to be documented in high-availability.sgml.
Thanks! I didn't notice it.
I think you mean the below sentence.
> The standby server will also attempt to restore any WAL found in the standby cluster's pg_wal directory.
It seems the comment on WaitForWALToBecomeAvailable()
does not go along with the high-availability.sgml, do we need
modification on the comment on the function?
Or do I misunderstand something?
But, anyway, you think that "pg_wal" should be used instead
of "local" here?
I don't have special opinion here.
It might be better because high-availability.sgml does not use
"local" but "pg_wal" for the explanation, but I also feel it's
