On Monday, April 23, 2018, PG Bug reporting form <
noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:
# Not expected, database "jibberish" does not exist:
$ pg_isready -d jibberish
/run/media/jthomas/BackupOne/development/snowdrift/.postgres-work:5432 -
accepting connections
The notes section of the docs for the command cover this behavior. It is not a bug, the utility answers whether the server will accept connections generally, not that a specific connection string and credentials are valid.
David J.
