On Wednesday, September 30, 2026, Laurenz Albe <
laurenz.albe@cybertec.at> wrote:
On Tue, 2026-09-29 at 21:03 +0530, Toppr Tenali wrote:
> However, I could not find an explicit statement about whether taking or completing a
> base backup itself affects when WAL segments in the local pg_wal directory become
> eligible for recycling/removal.
>
> Could the documentation explicitly clarify this relationship?
I don't think that there is a relationship between WAL recycling and a base backup,
so there is nothing to document.
In fact, the wording of -X fetch mode shows the non-linkage quite well. Likewise -X stream also explains how pg_basebackup provides a behavior to deal with the noninherent coordination between the two systems.
David J.
