I wrote: > I think expecting the pg_roles view to change for this is problematic. > You can't have that in the back branches, so with this patch psql > will show something different against a pre-17 server than later > versions. At best, that's going to be confusing.
Actually, even more to the point: while this doesn't expose the contents of a role's password, it does expose whether the role *has* a password to every user in the installation. I doubt that that's okay from a security standpoint. It'd need debate at the least. regards, tom lane