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+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>19.6. Replication</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.1" /><link rel="prev" href="runtime-config-wal.html" title="19.5. Write Ahead Log" /><link rel="next" href="runtime-config-query.html" title="19.7. Query Planning" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">19.6. Replication</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="runtime-config-wal.html" title="19.5. Write Ahead Log">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="runtime-config.html" title="Chapter 19. Server Configuration">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 19. Server Configuration</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 13.4 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="runtime-config-query.html" title="19.7. Query Planning">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></hr></div><div class="sect1" id="RUNTIME-CONFIG-REPLICATION"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">19.6. Replication</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="runtime-config-replication.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-REPLICATION-SENDER">19.6.1. Sending Servers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="runtime-config-replication.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-REPLICATION-MASTER">19.6.2. Master Server</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="runtime-config-replication.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-REPLICATION-STANDBY">19.6.3. Standby Servers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="runtime-config-replication.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-REPLICATION-SUBSCRIBER">19.6.4. Subscribers</a></span></dt></dl></div><p>
+ These settings control the behavior of the built-in
+ <em class="firstterm">streaming replication</em> feature (see
+ <a class="xref" href="warm-standby.html#STREAMING-REPLICATION" title="26.2.5. Streaming Replication">Section 26.2.5</a>). Servers will be either a
+ master or a standby server. Masters can send data, while standbys
+ are always receivers of replicated data. When cascading replication
+ (see <a class="xref" href="warm-standby.html#CASCADING-REPLICATION" title="26.2.7. Cascading Replication">Section 26.2.7</a>) is used, standby servers
+ can also be senders, as well as receivers.
+ Parameters are mainly for sending and standby servers, though some
+ parameters have meaning only on the master server. Settings may vary
+ across the cluster without problems if that is required.
+ </p><div class="sect2" id="RUNTIME-CONFIG-REPLICATION-SENDER"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">19.6.1. Sending Servers</h3></div></div></div><p>
+ These parameters can be set on any server that is
+ to send replication data to one or more standby servers.
+ The master is always a sending server, so these parameters must
+ always be set on the master.
+ The role and meaning of these parameters does not change after a
+ standby becomes the master.
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="GUC-MAX-WAL-SENDERS"><span class="term"><code class="varname">max_wal_senders</code> (<code class="type">integer</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.6.9.3.3.1.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ Specifies the maximum number of concurrent connections from standby
+ servers or streaming base backup clients (i.e., the maximum number of
+ simultaneously running WAL sender processes). The default is
+ <code class="literal">10</code>. The value <code class="literal">0</code> means
+ replication is disabled. Abrupt disconnection of a streaming client might
+ leave an orphaned connection slot behind until a timeout is reached,
+ so this parameter should be set slightly higher than the maximum
+ number of expected clients so disconnected clients can immediately
+ reconnect. This parameter can only be set at server start. Also,
+ <code class="varname">wal_level</code> must be set to
+ <code class="literal">replica</code> or higher to allow connections from standby
+ servers.
+ </p><p>
+ When running a standby server, you must set this parameter to the
+ same or higher value than on the master server. Otherwise, queries
+ will not be allowed in the standby server.
+ </p></dd><dt id="GUC-MAX-REPLICATION-SLOTS"><span class="term"><code class="varname">max_replication_slots</code> (<code class="type">integer</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.6.9.3.3.2.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ Specifies the maximum number of replication slots
+ (see <a class="xref" href="warm-standby.html#STREAMING-REPLICATION-SLOTS" title="26.2.6. Replication Slots">Section 26.2.6</a>) that the server
+ can support. The default is 10. This parameter can only be set at
+ server start.
+ Setting it to a lower value than the number of currently
+ existing replication slots will prevent the server from starting.
+ Also, <code class="varname">wal_level</code> must be set
+ to <code class="literal">replica</code> or higher to allow replication slots to
+ be used.
+ </p><p>
+ On the subscriber side, specifies how many replication origins (see
+ <a class="xref" href="replication-origins.html" title="Chapter 49. Replication Progress Tracking">Chapter 49</a>) can be tracked simultaneously,
+ effectively limiting how many logical replication subscriptions can
+ be created on the server. Setting it a lower value than the current
+ number of tracked replication origins (reflected in
+ <a class="link" href="view-pg-replication-origin-status.html" title="51.79. pg_replication_origin_status">pg_replication_origin_status</a>,
+ not <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-replication-origin.html" title="51.42. pg_replication_origin">pg_replication_origin</a>)
+ will prevent the server from starting.
+ </p></dd><dt id="GUC-WAL-KEEP-SIZE"><span class="term"><code class="varname">wal_keep_size</code> (<code class="type">integer</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.6.9.3.3.3.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ Specifies the minimum size of past log file segments kept in the
+ <code class="filename">pg_wal</code>
+ directory, in case a standby server needs to fetch them for streaming
+ replication. If a standby
+ server connected to the sending server falls behind by more than
+ <code class="varname">wal_keep_size</code> megabytes, the sending server might
+ remove a WAL segment still needed by the standby, in which case the
+ replication connection will be terminated. Downstream connections
+ will also eventually fail as a result. (However, the standby
+ server can recover by fetching the segment from archive, if WAL
+ archiving is in use.)
+ </p><p>
+ This sets only the minimum size of segments retained in
+ <code class="filename">pg_wal</code>; the system might need to retain more segments
+ for WAL archival or to recover from a checkpoint. If
+ <code class="varname">wal_keep_size</code> is zero (the default), the system
+ doesn't keep any extra segments for standby purposes, so the number
+ of old WAL segments available to standby servers is a function of
+ the location of the previous checkpoint and status of WAL
+ archiving.
+ If this value is specified without units, it is taken as megabytes.
+ This parameter can only be set in the
+ <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code> file or on the server command line.
+ </p></dd><dt id="GUC-MAX-SLOT-WAL-KEEP-SIZE"><span class="term"><code class="varname">max_slot_wal_keep_size</code> (<code class="type">integer</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.6.9.3.3.4.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ Specify the maximum size of WAL files
+ that <a class="link" href="warm-standby.html#STREAMING-REPLICATION-SLOTS" title="26.2.6. Replication Slots">replication
+ slots</a> are allowed to retain in the <code class="filename">pg_wal</code>
+ directory at checkpoint time.
+ If <code class="varname">max_slot_wal_keep_size</code> is -1 (the default),
+ replication slots may retain an unlimited amount of WAL files. Otherwise, if
+ restart_lsn of a replication slot falls behind the current LSN by more
+ than the given size, the standby using the slot may no longer be able
+ to continue replication due to removal of required WAL files. You
+ can see the WAL availability of replication slots
+ in <a class="link" href="view-pg-replication-slots.html" title="51.80. pg_replication_slots">pg_replication_slots</a>.
+ </p></dd><dt id="GUC-WAL-SENDER-TIMEOUT"><span class="term"><code class="varname">wal_sender_timeout</code> (<code class="type">integer</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.6.9.3.3.5.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ Terminate replication connections that are inactive for longer
+ than this amount of time. This is useful for
+ the sending server to detect a standby crash or network outage.
+ If this value is specified without units, it is taken as milliseconds.
+ The default value is 60 seconds.
+ A value of zero disables the timeout mechanism.
+ </p><p>
+ With a cluster distributed across multiple geographic
+ locations, using different values per location brings more flexibility
+ in the cluster management. A smaller value is useful for faster
+ failure detection with a standby having a low-latency network
+ connection, and a larger value helps in judging better the health
+ of a standby if located on a remote location, with a high-latency
+ network connection.
+ </p></dd><dt id="GUC-TRACK-COMMIT-TIMESTAMP"><span class="term"><code class="varname">track_commit_timestamp</code> (<code class="type">boolean</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.6.9.3.3.6.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ Record commit time of transactions. This parameter
+ can only be set in <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code> file or on the server
+ command line. The default value is <code class="literal">off</code>.
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2" id="RUNTIME-CONFIG-REPLICATION-MASTER"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">19.6.2. Master Server</h3></div></div></div><p>
+ These parameters can be set on the master/primary server that is
+ to send replication data to one or more standby servers.
+ Note that in addition to these parameters,
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-WAL-LEVEL">wal_level</a> must be set appropriately on the master
+ server, and optionally WAL archiving can be enabled as
+ well (see <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-wal.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-WAL-ARCHIVING" title="19.5.3. Archiving">Section 19.5.3</a>).
+ The values of these parameters on standby servers are irrelevant,
+ although you may wish to set them there in preparation for the
+ possibility of a standby becoming the master.
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="GUC-SYNCHRONOUS-STANDBY-NAMES"><span class="term"><code class="varname">synchronous_standby_names</code> (<code class="type">string</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.6.9.4.3.1.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ Specifies a list of standby servers that can support
+ <em class="firstterm">synchronous replication</em>, as described in
+ <a class="xref" href="warm-standby.html#SYNCHRONOUS-REPLICATION" title="26.2.8. Synchronous Replication">Section 26.2.8</a>.
+ There will be one or more active synchronous standbys;
+ transactions waiting for commit will be allowed to proceed after
+ these standby servers confirm receipt of their data.
+ The synchronous standbys will be those whose names appear
+ in this list, and
+ that are both currently connected and streaming data in real-time
+ (as shown by a state of <code class="literal">streaming</code> in the
+ <a class="link" href="monitoring-stats.html#MONITORING-PG-STAT-REPLICATION-VIEW" title="27.2.4. pg_stat_replication">
+ <code class="structname">pg_stat_replication</code></a> view).
+ Specifying more than one synchronous standby can allow for very high
+ availability and protection against data loss.
+ </p><p>
+ The name of a standby server for this purpose is the
+ <code class="varname">application_name</code> setting of the standby, as set in the
+ standby's connection information. In case of a physical replication
+ standby, this should be set in the <code class="varname">primary_conninfo</code>
+ setting; the default is the setting of <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-logging.html#GUC-CLUSTER-NAME">cluster_name</a>
+ if set, else <code class="literal">walreceiver</code>.
+ For logical replication, this can be set in the connection
+ information of the subscription, and it defaults to the
+ subscription name. For other replication stream consumers,
+ consult their documentation.
+ </p><p>
+ This parameter specifies a list of standby servers using
+ either of the following syntaxes:
+</p><pre class="synopsis">
+[FIRST] <em class="replaceable"><code>num_sync</code></em> ( <em class="replaceable"><code>standby_name</code></em> [, ...] )
+ANY <em class="replaceable"><code>num_sync</code></em> ( <em class="replaceable"><code>standby_name</code></em> [, ...] )
+<em class="replaceable"><code>standby_name</code></em> [, ...]
+</pre><p>
+ where <em class="replaceable"><code>num_sync</code></em> is
+ the number of synchronous standbys that transactions need to
+ wait for replies from,
+ and <em class="replaceable"><code>standby_name</code></em>
+ is the name of a standby server.
+ <code class="literal">FIRST</code> and <code class="literal">ANY</code> specify the method to choose
+ synchronous standbys from the listed servers.
+ </p><p>
+ The keyword <code class="literal">FIRST</code>, coupled with
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>num_sync</code></em>, specifies a
+ priority-based synchronous replication and makes transaction commits
+ wait until their WAL records are replicated to
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>num_sync</code></em> synchronous
+ standbys chosen based on their priorities. For example, a setting of
+ <code class="literal">FIRST 3 (s1, s2, s3, s4)</code> will cause each commit to wait for
+ replies from three higher-priority standbys chosen from standby servers
+ <code class="literal">s1</code>, <code class="literal">s2</code>, <code class="literal">s3</code> and <code class="literal">s4</code>.
+ The standbys whose names appear earlier in the list are given higher
+ priority and will be considered as synchronous. Other standby servers
+ appearing later in this list represent potential synchronous standbys.
+ If any of the current synchronous standbys disconnects for whatever
+ reason, it will be replaced immediately with the next-highest-priority
+ standby. The keyword <code class="literal">FIRST</code> is optional.
+ </p><p>
+ The keyword <code class="literal">ANY</code>, coupled with
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>num_sync</code></em>, specifies a
+ quorum-based synchronous replication and makes transaction commits
+ wait until their WAL records are replicated to <span class="emphasis"><em>at least</em></span>
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>num_sync</code></em> listed standbys.
+ For example, a setting of <code class="literal">ANY 3 (s1, s2, s3, s4)</code> will cause
+ each commit to proceed as soon as at least any three standbys of
+ <code class="literal">s1</code>, <code class="literal">s2</code>, <code class="literal">s3</code> and <code class="literal">s4</code>
+ reply.
+ </p><p>
+ <code class="literal">FIRST</code> and <code class="literal">ANY</code> are case-insensitive. If these
+ keywords are used as the name of a standby server,
+ its <em class="replaceable"><code>standby_name</code></em> must
+ be double-quoted.
+ </p><p>
+ The third syntax was used before <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
+ version 9.6 and is still supported. It's the same as the first syntax
+ with <code class="literal">FIRST</code> and
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>num_sync</code></em> equal to 1.
+ For example, <code class="literal">FIRST 1 (s1, s2)</code> and <code class="literal">s1, s2</code> have
+ the same meaning: either <code class="literal">s1</code> or <code class="literal">s2</code> is chosen
+ as a synchronous standby.
+ </p><p>
+ The special entry <code class="literal">*</code> matches any standby name.
+ </p><p>
+ There is no mechanism to enforce uniqueness of standby names. In case
+ of duplicates one of the matching standbys will be considered as
+ higher priority, though exactly which one is indeterminate.
+ </p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
+ Each <em class="replaceable"><code>standby_name</code></em>
+ should have the form of a valid SQL identifier, unless it
+ is <code class="literal">*</code>. You can use double-quoting if necessary. But note
+ that <em class="replaceable"><code>standby_name</code></em>s are
+ compared to standby application names case-insensitively, whether
+ double-quoted or not.
+ </p></div><p>
+ If no synchronous standby names are specified here, then synchronous
+ replication is not enabled and transaction commits will not wait for
+ replication. This is the default configuration. Even when
+ synchronous replication is enabled, individual transactions can be
+ configured not to wait for replication by setting the
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-SYNCHRONOUS-COMMIT">synchronous_commit</a> parameter to
+ <code class="literal">local</code> or <code class="literal">off</code>.
+ </p><p>
+ This parameter can only be set in the <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code>
+ file or on the server command line.
+ </p></dd><dt id="GUC-VACUUM-DEFER-CLEANUP-AGE"><span class="term"><code class="varname">vacuum_defer_cleanup_age</code> (<code class="type">integer</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.6.9.4.3.2.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ Specifies the number of transactions by which <code class="command">VACUUM</code> and
+ <acronym class="acronym">HOT</acronym> updates will defer cleanup of dead row versions. The
+ default is zero transactions, meaning that dead row versions can be
+ removed as soon as possible, that is, as soon as they are no longer
+ visible to any open transaction. You may wish to set this to a
+ non-zero value on a primary server that is supporting hot standby
+ servers, as described in <a class="xref" href="hot-standby.html" title="26.5. Hot Standby">Section 26.5</a>. This allows
+ more time for queries on the standby to complete without incurring
+ conflicts due to early cleanup of rows. However, since the value
+ is measured in terms of number of write transactions occurring on the
+ primary server, it is difficult to predict just how much additional
+ grace time will be made available to standby queries.
+ This parameter can only be set in the <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code>
+ file or on the server command line.
+ </p><p>
+ You should also consider setting <code class="varname">hot_standby_feedback</code>
+ on standby server(s) as an alternative to using this parameter.
+ </p><p>
+ This does not prevent cleanup of dead rows which have reached the age
+ specified by <code class="varname">old_snapshot_threshold</code>.
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2" id="RUNTIME-CONFIG-REPLICATION-STANDBY"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">19.6.3. Standby Servers</h3></div></div></div><p>
+ These settings control the behavior of a
+ <a class="link" href="warm-standby.html#STANDBY-SERVER-OPERATION" title="26.2.2. Standby Server Operation">standby server</a>
+ that is to receive replication data. Their values on the master server
+ are irrelevant.
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="GUC-PRIMARY-CONNINFO"><span class="term"><code class="varname">primary_conninfo</code> (<code class="type">string</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.6.9.5.3.1.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ Specifies a connection string to be used for the standby server
+ to connect with a sending server. This string is in the format
+ described in <a class="xref" href="libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING" title="33.1.1. Connection Strings">Section 33.1.1</a>. If any option is
+ unspecified in this string, then the corresponding environment
+ variable (see <a class="xref" href="libpq-envars.html" title="33.14. Environment Variables">Section 33.14</a>) is checked. If the
+ environment variable is not set either, then
+ defaults are used.
+ </p><p>
+ The connection string should specify the host name (or address)
+ of the sending server, as well as the port number if it is not
+ the same as the standby server's default.
+ Also specify a user name corresponding to a suitably-privileged role
+ on the sending server (see
+ <a class="xref" href="warm-standby.html#STREAMING-REPLICATION-AUTHENTICATION" title="26.2.5.1. Authentication">Section 26.2.5.1</a>).
+ A password needs to be provided too, if the sender demands password
+ authentication. It can be provided in the
+ <code class="varname">primary_conninfo</code> string, or in a separate
+ <code class="filename">~/.pgpass</code> file on the standby server (use
+ <code class="literal">replication</code> as the database name).
+ Do not specify a database name in the
+ <code class="varname">primary_conninfo</code> string.
+ </p><p>
+ This parameter can only be set in the <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code>
+ file or on the server command line.
+ If this parameter is changed while the WAL receiver process is
+ running, that process is signaled to shut down and expected to
+ restart with the new setting (except if <code class="varname">primary_conninfo</code>
+ is an empty string).
+ This setting has no effect if the server is not in standby mode.
+ </p></dd><dt id="GUC-PRIMARY-SLOT-NAME"><span class="term"><code class="varname">primary_slot_name</code> (<code class="type">string</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.6.9.5.3.2.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ Optionally specifies an existing replication slot to be used when
+ connecting to the sending server via streaming replication to control
+ resource removal on the upstream node
+ (see <a class="xref" href="warm-standby.html#STREAMING-REPLICATION-SLOTS" title="26.2.6. Replication Slots">Section 26.2.6</a>).
+ This parameter can only be set in the <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code>
+ file or on the server command line.
+ If this parameter is changed while the WAL receiver process is running,
+ that process is signaled to shut down and expected to restart with the
+ new setting.
+ This setting has no effect if <code class="varname">primary_conninfo</code> is not
+ set or the server is not in standby mode.
+ </p></dd><dt id="GUC-PROMOTE-TRIGGER-FILE"><span class="term"><code class="varname">promote_trigger_file</code> (<code class="type">string</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.6.9.5.3.3.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ Specifies a trigger file whose presence ends recovery in the
+ standby. Even if this value is not set, you can still promote
+ the standby using <code class="command">pg_ctl promote</code> or calling
+ <code class="function">pg_promote()</code>.
+ This parameter can only be set in the <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code>
+ file or on the server command line.
+ </p></dd><dt id="GUC-HOT-STANDBY"><span class="term"><code class="varname">hot_standby</code> (<code class="type">boolean</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.6.9.5.3.4.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ Specifies whether or not you can connect and run queries during
+ recovery, as described in <a class="xref" href="hot-standby.html" title="26.5. Hot Standby">Section 26.5</a>.
+ The default value is <code class="literal">on</code>.
+ This parameter can only be set at server start. It only has effect
+ during archive recovery or in standby mode.
+ </p></dd><dt id="GUC-MAX-STANDBY-ARCHIVE-DELAY"><span class="term"><code class="varname">max_standby_archive_delay</code> (<code class="type">integer</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.6.9.5.3.5.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ When Hot Standby is active, this parameter determines how long the
+ standby server should wait before canceling standby queries that
+ conflict with about-to-be-applied WAL entries, as described in
+ <a class="xref" href="hot-standby.html#HOT-STANDBY-CONFLICT" title="26.5.2. Handling Query Conflicts">Section 26.5.2</a>.
+ <code class="varname">max_standby_archive_delay</code> applies when WAL data is
+ being read from WAL archive (and is therefore not current).
+ If this value is specified without units, it is taken as milliseconds.
+ The default is 30 seconds.
+ A value of -1 allows the standby to wait forever for conflicting
+ queries to complete.
+ This parameter can only be set in the <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code>
+ file or on the server command line.
+ </p><p>
+ Note that <code class="varname">max_standby_archive_delay</code> is not the same as the
+ maximum length of time a query can run before cancellation; rather it
+ is the maximum total time allowed to apply any one WAL segment's data.
+ Thus, if one query has resulted in significant delay earlier in the
+ WAL segment, subsequent conflicting queries will have much less grace
+ time.
+ </p></dd><dt id="GUC-MAX-STANDBY-STREAMING-DELAY"><span class="term"><code class="varname">max_standby_streaming_delay</code> (<code class="type">integer</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.6.9.5.3.6.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ When Hot Standby is active, this parameter determines how long the
+ standby server should wait before canceling standby queries that
+ conflict with about-to-be-applied WAL entries, as described in
+ <a class="xref" href="hot-standby.html#HOT-STANDBY-CONFLICT" title="26.5.2. Handling Query Conflicts">Section 26.5.2</a>.
+ <code class="varname">max_standby_streaming_delay</code> applies when WAL data is
+ being received via streaming replication.
+ If this value is specified without units, it is taken as milliseconds.
+ The default is 30 seconds.
+ A value of -1 allows the standby to wait forever for conflicting
+ queries to complete.
+ This parameter can only be set in the <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code>
+ file or on the server command line.
+ </p><p>
+ Note that <code class="varname">max_standby_streaming_delay</code> is not the same as
+ the maximum length of time a query can run before cancellation; rather
+ it is the maximum total time allowed to apply WAL data once it has
+ been received from the primary server. Thus, if one query has
+ resulted in significant delay, subsequent conflicting queries will
+ have much less grace time until the standby server has caught up
+ again.
+ </p></dd><dt id="GUC-WAL-RECEIVER-CREATE-TEMP-SLOT"><span class="term"><code class="varname">wal_receiver_create_temp_slot</code> (<code class="type">boolean</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.6.9.5.3.7.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ Specifies whether the WAL receiver process should create a temporary replication
+ slot on the remote instance when no permanent replication slot to use
+ has been configured (using <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-replication.html#GUC-PRIMARY-SLOT-NAME">primary_slot_name</a>).
+ The default is off. This parameter can only be set in the
+ <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code> file or on the server command line.
+ If this parameter is changed while the WAL receiver process is running,
+ that process is signaled to shut down and expected to restart with
+ the new setting.
+ </p></dd><dt id="GUC-WAL-RECEIVER-STATUS-INTERVAL"><span class="term"><code class="varname">wal_receiver_status_interval</code> (<code class="type">integer</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.6.9.5.3.8.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ Specifies the minimum frequency for the WAL receiver
+ process on the standby to send information about replication progress
+ to the primary or upstream standby, where it can be seen using the
+ <a class="link" href="monitoring-stats.html#MONITORING-PG-STAT-REPLICATION-VIEW" title="27.2.4. pg_stat_replication">
+ <code class="structname">pg_stat_replication</code></a>
+ view. The standby will report
+ the last write-ahead log location it has written, the last position it
+ has flushed to disk, and the last position it has applied.
+ This parameter's
+ value is the maximum amount of time between reports. Updates are
+ sent each time the write or flush positions change, or at least as
+ often as specified by this parameter. Thus, the apply position may
+ lag slightly behind the true position.
+ If this value is specified without units, it is taken as seconds.
+ The default value is 10 seconds.
+ Setting this parameter to zero disables status updates completely.
+ This parameter can only be set in
+ the <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code> file or on the server
+ command line.
+ </p></dd><dt id="GUC-HOT-STANDBY-FEEDBACK"><span class="term"><code class="varname">hot_standby_feedback</code> (<code class="type">boolean</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.6.9.5.3.9.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ Specifies whether or not a hot standby will send feedback to the primary
+ or upstream standby
+ about queries currently executing on the standby. This parameter can
+ be used to eliminate query cancels caused by cleanup records, but
+ can cause database bloat on the primary for some workloads.
+ Feedback messages will not be sent more frequently than once per
+ <code class="varname">wal_receiver_status_interval</code>. The default value is
+ <code class="literal">off</code>. This parameter can only be set in the
+ <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code> file or on the server command line.
+ </p><p>
+ If cascaded replication is in use the feedback is passed upstream
+ until it eventually reaches the primary. Standbys make no other use
+ of feedback they receive other than to pass upstream.
+ </p><p>
+ This setting does not override the behavior of
+ <code class="varname">old_snapshot_threshold</code> on the primary; a snapshot on the
+ standby which exceeds the primary's age threshold can become invalid,
+ resulting in cancellation of transactions on the standby. This is
+ because <code class="varname">old_snapshot_threshold</code> is intended to provide an
+ absolute limit on the time which dead rows can contribute to bloat,
+ which would otherwise be violated because of the configuration of a
+ standby.
+ </p></dd><dt id="GUC-WAL-RECEIVER-TIMEOUT"><span class="term"><code class="varname">wal_receiver_timeout</code> (<code class="type">integer</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.6.9.5.3.10.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ Terminate replication connections that are inactive for longer
+ than this amount of time. This is useful for
+ the receiving standby server to detect a primary node crash or network
+ outage.
+ If this value is specified without units, it is taken as milliseconds.
+ The default value is 60 seconds.
+ A value of zero disables the timeout mechanism.
+ This parameter can only be set in
+ the <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code> file or on the server
+ command line.
+ </p></dd><dt id="GUC-WAL-RETRIEVE-RETRY-INTERVAL"><span class="term"><code class="varname">wal_retrieve_retry_interval</code> (<code class="type">integer</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.6.9.5.3.11.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ Specifies how long the standby server should wait when WAL data is not
+ available from any sources (streaming replication,
+ local <code class="filename">pg_wal</code> or WAL archive) before trying
+ again to retrieve WAL data.
+ If this value is specified without units, it is taken as milliseconds.
+ The default value is 5 seconds.
+ This parameter can only be set in
+ the <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code> file or on the server
+ command line.
+ </p><p>
+ This parameter is useful in configurations where a node in recovery
+ needs to control the amount of time to wait for new WAL data to be
+ available. For example, in archive recovery, it is possible to
+ make the recovery more responsive in the detection of a new WAL
+ log file by reducing the value of this parameter. On a system with
+ low WAL activity, increasing it reduces the amount of requests necessary
+ to access WAL archives, something useful for example in cloud
+ environments where the amount of times an infrastructure is accessed
+ is taken into account.
+ </p></dd><dt id="GUC-RECOVERY-MIN-APPLY-DELAY"><span class="term"><code class="varname">recovery_min_apply_delay</code> (<code class="type">integer</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.6.9.5.3.12.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ By default, a standby server restores WAL records from the
+ sending server as soon as possible. It may be useful to have a time-delayed
+ copy of the data, offering opportunities to correct data loss errors.
+ This parameter allows you to delay recovery by a specified amount
+ of time. For example, if
+ you set this parameter to <code class="literal">5min</code>, the standby will
+ replay each transaction commit only when the system time on the standby
+ is at least five minutes past the commit time reported by the master.
+ If this value is specified without units, it is taken as milliseconds.
+ The default is zero, adding no delay.
+ </p><p>
+ It is possible that the replication delay between servers exceeds the
+ value of this parameter, in which case no delay is added.
+ Note that the delay is calculated between the WAL time stamp as written
+ on master and the current time on the standby. Delays in transfer
+ because of network lag or cascading replication configurations
+ may reduce the actual wait time significantly. If the system
+ clocks on master and standby are not synchronized, this may lead to
+ recovery applying records earlier than expected; but that is not a
+ major issue because useful settings of this parameter are much larger
+ than typical time deviations between servers.
+ </p><p>
+ The delay occurs only on WAL records for transaction commits.
+ Other records are replayed as quickly as possible, which
+ is not a problem because MVCC visibility rules ensure their effects
+ are not visible until the corresponding commit record is applied.
+ </p><p>
+ The delay occurs once the database in recovery has reached a consistent
+ state, until the standby is promoted or triggered. After that the standby
+ will end recovery without further waiting.
+ </p><p>
+ This parameter is intended for use with streaming replication deployments;
+ however, if the parameter is specified it will be honored in all cases
+ except crash recovery.
+
+ <code class="varname">hot_standby_feedback</code> will be delayed by use of this feature
+ which could lead to bloat on the master; use both together with care.
+
+ </p><div class="warning"><h3 class="title">Warning</h3><p>
+ Synchronous replication is affected by this setting when <code class="varname">synchronous_commit</code>
+ is set to <code class="literal">remote_apply</code>; every <code class="literal">COMMIT</code>
+ will need to wait to be applied.
+ </p></div><p>
+ </p><p>
+ This parameter can only be set in the <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code>
+ file or on the server command line.
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2" id="RUNTIME-CONFIG-REPLICATION-SUBSCRIBER"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">19.6.4. Subscribers</h3></div></div></div><p>
+ These settings control the behavior of a logical replication subscriber.
+ Their values on the publisher are irrelevant.
+ </p><p>
+ Note that <code class="varname">wal_receiver_timeout</code>,
+ <code class="varname">wal_receiver_status_interval</code> and
+ <code class="varname">wal_retrieve_retry_interval</code> configuration parameters
+ affect the logical replication workers as well.
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="GUC-MAX-LOGICAL-REPLICATION-WORKERS"><span class="term"><code class="varname">max_logical_replication_workers</code> (<code class="type">int</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.6.9.6.4.1.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ Specifies maximum number of logical replication workers. This includes
+ both apply workers and table synchronization workers.
+ </p><p>
+ Logical replication workers are taken from the pool defined by
+ <code class="varname">max_worker_processes</code>.
+ </p><p>
+ The default value is 4. This parameter can only be set at server
+ start.
+ </p></dd><dt id="GUC-MAX-SYNC-WORKERS-PER-SUBSCRIPTION"><span class="term"><code class="varname">max_sync_workers_per_subscription</code> (<code class="type">integer</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.6.9.6.4.2.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ Maximum number of synchronization workers per subscription. This
+ parameter controls the amount of parallelism of the initial data copy
+ during the subscription initialization or when new tables are added.
+ </p><p>
+ Currently, there can be only one synchronization worker per table.
+ </p><p>
+ The synchronization workers are taken from the pool defined by
+ <code class="varname">max_logical_replication_workers</code>.
+ </p><p>
+ The default value is 2. This parameter can only be set in the
+ <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code> file or on the server command
+ line.
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div></div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class="navfooter"><hr></hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="runtime-config-wal.html" title="19.5. Write Ahead Log">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="runtime-config.html" title="Chapter 19. Server Configuration">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="runtime-config-query.html" title="19.7. Query Planning">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">19.5. Write Ahead Log </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 13.4 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 19.7. Query Planning</td></tr></table></div></body></html> \ No newline at end of file