Hi, On 2022-05-09 21:42:20 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Michael Paquier <mich...@paquier.xyz> writes: > > On Mon, May 09, 2022 at 09:29:32PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > >> Less brute force: wait for "SHOW variable-you-changed" to report the > >> value you expect. > > > This method may still be unreliable in some processes like a logirep > > launcher/receiver or just autovacuum, no?
Yept, that's the problem. In my case it's the startup process... > Yeah, if your test case requires knowing that some background process > has gotten the word, it's a *lot* harder. I think we'd have to add a > last-config-update-time column in pg_stat_activity or something like that. That's basically what I was referencing with global barriers... Greetings, Andres Freund