Re: Read-only connection mode for AI workflows. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrei Lepikhov
Subject Re: Read-only connection mode for AI workflows.
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Msg-id cbcefd92-4f43-46ef-8c9f-0c45aa8dca77@gmail.com
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In response to Re: Read-only connection mode for AI workflows.  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: Read-only connection mode for AI workflows.
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On 16/3/26 22:25, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 10:01:22PM +0100, Andrei Lepikhov wrote:
>>> I do think the underlying problem of safely exposing databases to
>>> automated agents is becoming increasingly common, so it seems like a
>>> useful area to explore.
> 
> I agree the need a read-only sessions is going to get more urgent with
> MCP.  Why doesn't the community code have a read-only session option
> that can't be changed?

The pg_readonly project aims to answer this question: if it is easy and 
cheap to implement as an extension, why do we need to touch the core?

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regards, Andrei Lepikhov,
pgEdge



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