Use of max_slot_wal_keep_size parameter - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Don Seiler
Subject Use of max_slot_wal_keep_size parameter
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Msg-id CAHJZqBArXQ0245uvwdBa+ax520BjgRNEuTdFXbnuDwyaJbxUAg@mail.gmail.com
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Responses Re: Use of max_slot_wal_keep_size parameter  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Good morning,

With our recent upgrade to PG 15, we've put the max_slot_wal_keep_size into place, setting it about 3% lower than the size of the volume dedicated to pg_wal. However last night we had an incident where the volume filled up while we were performing a massive insert from one table into another.

I don't believe the replica was lagging, and we have pgbackrest configured for async archiving, which I assume was fine. It seemed to just be a matter of PG not cleaning up the WAL. Our understanding was that max_slot_wal_keep_size would prevent this but perhaps it only deals with situations where the replication slot lag is a factor?

Don.

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