On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 01:23:18PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Nathan Bossart <nathandboss...@gmail.com> writes: >> I'm reasonably certain the launcher is already signaled like you describe. >> It'll just wait to start new workers if it's been less than >> wal_retrieve_retry_interval milliseconds since the last time it started >> workers. > > Oh. What in the world is the rationale for that?
My assumption is that this is meant to avoid starting workers as fast as possible if they repeatedly crash. I didn't see much discussion in the original logical replication thread [0], but I do see follow-up discussion about creating a separate GUC for this [1] [2]. [0] https://postgr.es/m/b8132323-b577-428c-b2aa-bf41a66b18e7%402ndquadrant.com [1] https://postgr.es/m/CAD21AoAjTTGm%2BOx70b2OGWvb77vPcRdYeRv3gkAWx76nXDo%2BEA%40mail.gmail.com [2] https://postgr.es/m/CAD21AoDCnyRJDUY%3DESVVe68AukvOP2dFomTeBFpAd1TiFbjsGg%40mail.gmail.com -- Nathan Bossart Amazon Web Services: https://aws.amazon.com
