On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM Alexander Korotkov <akorot...@postgresql.org> wrote:
> Improve runtime and output of tests for replication slots checkpointing. > > The TAP tests that verify logical and physical replication slot behavior > during checkpoints (046_checkpoint_logical_slot.pl and > 047_checkpoint_physical_slot.pl) inserted two batches of 2 million rows > each, > generating approximately 520 MB of WAL. On slow machines, or when compiled > with '-DRELCACHE_FORCE_RELEASE -DCATCACHE_FORCE_RELEASE', this caused the > tests to run for 8-9 minutes and occasionally time out, as seen on the > buildfarm animal prion. Quite a few animals have started failing since this commit (for example [1]) . I haven't looked into why, but I suspect something is wrong. stderr: # Failed test 'Logical slot still valid' # at /home/bf/bf-build/flaviventris/HEAD/pgsql/src/test/recovery/t/046_checkpoint_logical_slot.pl line 134. # got: 'death by signal at /home/bf/bf-build/flaviventris/HEAD/pgsql/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/Cluster.pm line 181. # ' # expected: '' I see this failing on my fork's CI, so it seems like it could have been caught earlier? - Melanie [1] https://buildfarm.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/show_log.pl?nm=flaviventris&dt=2025-06-19%2023%3A47%3A08
