On Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 11:08 AM David G. Johnston <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Monday, March 2, 2026, shveta malik <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> This is different from how partitioned tables behave. In the case of >> partitioned tables, adding or removing a partition automatically >> includes or excludes it from the publication. >> >> However, I would like to get feedback from others. Does this look like >> >> a bug, or is this the intended behavior? > > > It’s defacto intended at this point. >
Thanks for your feedback. That was my initial understanding as well. >> Should we update the documentation to briefly mention that changes in >> the inheritance tree are not reflected in the publication after its >> creation unless done manually? Or is there a better approach? > > > There is no bug in the existing documentation which corroborates this being > the intended design. The commentary pertaining to ONLY says what this does > and never communicates that future inherit-based interactions come into play. > We tend not to describe things that don’t happen, and the lack of reported > user confusion doesn’t support making an exception here. Okay, I see your point. > But a concrete suggestion could be considered. > We could consider leaving it as is, given that we haven’t received any user feedback suggesting a need to modify the documentation. thanks Shveta
