Hi, On 2025-04-14 22:58:28 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > In the last day or so, both skink and mamba have hit this > in the pg_rewind test suite [1][2]: > > #3 0x01f03f7c in ExceptionalCondition > (conditionName=conditionName@entry=0x2119c4c "pending_since == 0", > fileName=fileName@entry=0x2119454 "pgstat.c", > lineNumber=lineNumber@entry=734) at assert.c:66 > #4 0x01d7994c in pgstat_report_stat (force=force@entry=true) at pgstat.c:734 > #5 0x01d7a248 in pgstat_shutdown_hook (code=<optimized out>, arg=<optimized > out>) at pgstat.c:615 > #6 0x01d1e7c0 in shmem_exit (code=code@entry=0) at ipc.c:243 > #7 0x01d1e92c in proc_exit_prepare (code=code@entry=0) at ipc.c:198 > #8 0x01d1e9fc in proc_exit (code=0) at ipc.c:111 > #9 0x01cd5bd0 in ProcessRepliesIfAny () at walsender.c:2294 > #10 0x01cd8084 in WalSndLoop (send_data=send_data@entry=0x1cd7628 > <XLogSendPhysical>) at walsender.c:2790 > #11 0x01cd8f40 in StartReplication (cmd=0xfd048210) at walsender.c:960 > #12 exec_replication_command (cmd_string=cmd_string@entry=0xfd53c098 > "START_REPLICATION 0/3000000 TIMELINE 2") at walsender.c:2135 > #13 0x01d5bd84 in PostgresMain (dbname=<optimized out>, username=<optimized > out>) at postgres.c:4767 > > That assert appears to be several years old, and the > 008_min_recovery_point.pl test script that's triggering it hasn't > changed very recently either, so I'm baffled where to start digging. > It has the odor of a timing problem, so maybe we just started hitting > this by chance. Still ... anybody have an idea?
See also https://postgr.es/m/dwrkeszz6czvtkxzr5mqlciy652zau5qqnm3cp5f3p2po74ppk%40omg4g3cc6dgq I am fairly certain it's the fault of 039549d70f6 Greetings, Andres Freund