On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 6:54 PM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 11:15 AM Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 12:55 PM Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > ...
> > >
> > > Although we can improve it to handle this case too, I'm not sure it's
> > > a bug. The doc says[1]:
> > >
> > > Specifies whether the subscription should be automatically disabled if
> > > any errors are detected by subscription workers during data
> > > replication from the publisher.
> > >
> > > When an apply worker is trying to establish a connection, it's not
> > > replicating data from the publisher.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > [1]
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-PARAMS-WITH-DISABLE-ON-ERROR
> > >
> > > --
> > > Masahiko Sawada
> > > Amazon Web Services: https://aws.amazon.com
> >
> > Yeah, I had also seen that wording of those docs. And I agree it
> > leaves open some room for doubts because strictly from that wording it
> > can be interpreted that establishing the connection is not actually
> > "data replication from the publisher" in which case maybe there is no
> > bug.
> >
>
> As far as I remember that was the intention. The idea was if there is
> any conflict during apply that users manually need to fix, they have
> the provision to stop repeating the error. If we wish to extend the
> purpose of this option for another valid use case and there is a good
> way to achieve the same then we can discuss but I don't think we need
> to change it in back-branches.
I agree not to change it in back-branches.
What is the use case of extending disable_on_error?
Regards,
--
Masahiko Sawada
Amazon Web Services: https://aws.amazon.com
