On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 8:15 AM PG Doc comments form <nore...@postgresql.org> wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/runtime-config-wal.html > Description: > > Hello. > On the page > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-wal.html > Actual: > >To start the server in targeted recovery mode, create a file called > recovery.signal in the data directory. If both standby.signal and > recovery.signal files are created, standby mode takes precedence. Targeted > recovery mode ends when the archived WAL is fully replayed, or when > recovery_target is reached. In this mode, the parameters from both this > section and Section 20.5.6 will be used. > > Expected: > >To start the server in targeted recovery mode, create a file called > recovery.signal in the data directory. If both standby.signal and > recovery.signal files are created, standby mode takes precedence. Targeted > recovery mode ends and recovery.signal file is removed when the archived > WAL > is fully replayed, or when recovery_target is reached. In this mode, the > parameters from both this section and Section 20.5.6 will be used. File > 'recovery.signal' is not removed when `recovery_target_action` is > *shutdown*. > > Except that doesn't seem to be true since "pause" is the default action. We probably should add instead: Targeted recovery mode ends when the archived WAL is fully replayed, or when recovery_target is reached. The server is left in the state corresponding to the recovery_target_action setting. David J.
