Thread: BUG #17640: fork off the requested timeline before the switchpoint.
BUG #17640: fork off the requested timeline before the switchpoint.
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The following bug has been logged on the website: Bug reference: 17640 Logged by: Mukesh Singh Email address: mukeshsingh.singh19@gmail.com PostgreSQL version: 11.5 Operating system: linux Description: 2022-10-14 06:21:03 WAT 2022-10-14 06:21:03.969 WAT [63170] LOG: restored log file "0000003400004E7500000029" from archive 2022-10-14 06:21:03 WAT 2022-10-14 06:21:03.976 WAT [63170] FATAL: requested timeline 53 is not a child of this server's history 2022-10-14 06:21:03 WAT 2022-10-14 06:21:03.976 WAT [63170] DETAIL: Latest checkpoint is at 4E75/2930CB38 on timeline 52, but in the history of the requested timeline, the server forked off from that timeline at 4B77/F5FFF080. 2022-10-14 06:21:03 WAT 2022-10-14 06:21:03.977 WAT [63168] LOG: startup process (PID 63170) exited with exit code 1 2022-10-14 06:21:03 WAT 2022-10-14 06:21:03.977 WAT [63168] LOG: aborting startup due to startup process failure 2022-10-14 06:21:03 WAT 2022-10-14 06:21:03.978 WAT [63168] LOG: database system is shut down
On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 05:21:48AM +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote: > 2022-10-14 06:21:03 WAT 2022-10-14 06:21:03.969 WAT [63170] LOG: restored > log file "0000003400004E7500000029" from archive > 2022-10-14 06:21:03 WAT 2022-10-14 06:21:03.976 WAT [63170] FATAL: > requested timeline 53 is not a child of this server's history > 2022-10-14 06:21:03 WAT 2022-10-14 06:21:03.976 WAT [63170] DETAIL: Latest > checkpoint is at 4E75/2930CB38 on timeline 52, but in the history of the > requested timeline, the server forked off from that timeline at > 4B77/F5FFF080. Well, this points out that the timeline you have selected is not the one your timeline history file likes. I fail to see why this would be a bug without more details about your configuration (including archiving strategy) and what you did with your set of servers when doing a failover, for example. -- Michael