On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 11:16 AM David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wednesday, April 15, 2026, Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> So, how about: "All slots on the old cluster must be usable, i.e., >> their pg_replication_slots.conflicting is false."? > > > That works. > > Then we’d also change: > > The new cluster must not have permanent logical slots, i.e., there must be no slots where pg_replication_slots.temporary is false. > > To be: > > “The new cluster is only permitted to have temporary logical slots, i.e., ones where pg_replication_slots.temporary is true.” >
What you wrote is correct but it is better to keep what is not allowed for this case. Based on that, how about the following: "The new cluster must not have any permanent logical slots; i.e., any existing logical slots must have pg_replication_slots.temporary set to true."
I was like 51/49 for flipping that around, so sure.
