Re: Replication slot is not able to sync up - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Sat, Jun 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:

> > I feel WARNING and CAUTION markups could be a little strong for the
> > concerned case. Such markups are generally used when there is a
> > side-effect involved with the usage. But in our case, there is no such
> > side-effect with the API. At max it may fail without harming the
> > system and will succeed in the next invocation. But I also feel that
> > such sections catch user attention. Thus if needed, we can have a NOTE
> > section to convey the recommended way of slot synchronization.
> >
>
> I think NOTE is fine for API in this case, but we can mention that the
> API is more prone to get the synchronization failure message, as you
> have shown in the patch. It would also be better to briefly explain in
> user terms why the API is more prone to such a failure.
>

Thanks Peter and Amit for feedback. I have updated the patch.

thanks
Shveta