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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>20.14. Error Handling</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 Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="runtime-config-compatible.html" title="20.13. Version and Platform Compatibility" /><link rel="next" href="runtime-config-preset.html" title="20.15. Preset Options" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">20.14. Error Handling</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="runtime-config-compatible.html" title="20.13. Version and Platform Compatibility">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="runtime-config.html" title="Chapter 20. Server Configuration">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 20. Server Configuration</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 15.4 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="runtime-config-preset.html" title="20.15. Preset Options">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="sect1" id="RUNTIME-CONFIG-ERROR-HANDLING"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">20.14. Error Handling</h2></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="GUC-EXIT-ON-ERROR"><span class="term"><code class="varname">exit_on_error</code> (<code class="type">boolean</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.7.17.2.1.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ If on, any error will terminate the current session. By default,
+ this is set to off, so that only FATAL errors will terminate the
+ session.
+ </p></dd><dt id="GUC-RESTART-AFTER-CRASH"><span class="term"><code class="varname">restart_after_crash</code> (<code class="type">boolean</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.7.17.2.2.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ When set to on, which is the default, <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
+ will automatically reinitialize after a backend crash. Leaving this
+ value set to on is normally the best way to maximize the availability
+ of the database. However, in some circumstances, such as when
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> is being invoked by clusterware, it may be
+ useful to disable the restart so that the clusterware can gain
+ control and take any actions it deems appropriate.
+ </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-DATA-SYNC-RETRY"><span class="term"><code class="varname">data_sync_retry</code> (<code class="type">boolean</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.7.17.2.3.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ When set to off, which is the default, <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
+ will raise a PANIC-level error on failure to flush modified data files
+ to the file system. This causes the database server to crash. This
+ parameter can only be set at server start.
+ </p><p>
+ On some operating systems, the status of data in the kernel's page
+ cache is unknown after a write-back failure. In some cases it might
+ have been entirely forgotten, making it unsafe to retry; the second
+ attempt may be reported as successful, when in fact the data has been
+ lost. In these circumstances, the only way to avoid data loss is to
+ recover from the WAL after any failure is reported, preferably
+ after investigating the root cause of the failure and replacing any
+ faulty hardware.
+ </p><p>
+ If set to on, <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> will instead
+ report an error but continue to run so that the data flushing
+ operation can be retried in a later checkpoint. Only set it to on
+ after investigating the operating system's treatment of buffered data
+ in case of write-back failure.
+ </p></dd><dt id="GUC-RECOVERY-INIT-SYNC-METHOD"><span class="term"><code class="varname">recovery_init_sync_method</code> (<code class="type">enum</code>)
+ <a id="id-1.6.7.17.2.4.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
+ When set to <code class="literal">fsync</code>, which is the default,
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> will recursively open and
+ synchronize all files in the data directory before crash recovery
+ begins. The search for files will follow symbolic links for the WAL
+ directory and each configured tablespace (but not any other symbolic
+ links). This is intended to make sure that all WAL and data files are
+ durably stored on disk before replaying changes. This applies whenever
+ starting a database cluster that did not shut down cleanly, including
+ copies created with <span class="application">pg_basebackup</span>.
+ </p><p>
+ On Linux, <code class="literal">syncfs</code> may be used instead, to ask the
+ operating system to synchronize the whole file systems that contain the
+ data directory, the WAL files and each tablespace (but not any other
+ file systems that may be reachable through symbolic links). This may
+ be a lot faster than the <code class="literal">fsync</code> setting, because it
+ doesn't need to open each file one by one. On the other hand, it may
+ be slower if a file system is shared by other applications that
+ modify a lot of files, since those files will also be written to disk.
+ Furthermore, on versions of Linux before 5.8, I/O errors encountered
+ while writing data to disk may not be reported to
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>, and relevant error messages may
+ appear only in kernel logs.
+ </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="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="runtime-config-compatible.html" title="20.13. Version and Platform Compatibility">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="runtime-config.html" title="Chapter 20. Server Configuration">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="runtime-config-preset.html" title="20.15. Preset Options">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">20.13. Version and Platform Compatibility </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 15.4 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 20.15. Preset Options</td></tr></table></div></body></html> \ No newline at end of file