Hi,
While working on [1], I encountered the following assertion failure in
the WAL summarizer:
TRAP: failed Assert("end_of_summary_lsn >= current_lsn"), File:
"walsummarizer.c", Line: 460, PID: 37935
I haven't investigated this yet, but wanted to report it in advance.
The following steps reproduce the failure:
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initdb -D data
echo "summarize_wal = on" >> data/postgresql.conf
pg_ctl -D data start
psql -c "CREATE TABLE t (i int)"
pg_basebackup -D sby -c fast -R
psql -c "INSERT INTO t VALUES (1)"
psql -c "CHECKPOINT"
psql -c "SELECT redo_lsn FROM pg_control_checkpoint()" # Save this redo_lsn
psql -c "INSERT INTO t VALUES (2)"
psql -c "CHECKPOINT"
cat << EOF >> sby/postgresql.conf
port = 5433
recovery_target_lsn = '0/03001B08' # Use the saved redo_lsn
recovery_target_inclusive = false
recovery_target_action = 'pause'
EOF
pg_ctl -D sby start
# Wait until all three queries return true
psql -c "SELECT pg_get_wal_replay_pause_state() = 'paused'" -p 5433
psql -c "SELECT EXISTS (SELECT FROM pg_available_wal_summaries() WHERE
tli = 1 AND start_lsn = '0/03001B08')" -p 5433 # Use the saved
redo_lsn
psql -c "SELECT EXISTS (SELECT FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE
backend_type = 'walsummarizer' AND wait_event = 'WalSummarizerWal')"
-p 5433
pg_ctl -D sby promote
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After promotion, I got the following messages:
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2026-10-22 10:01:53.329 JST [37932] LOG: selected new timeline ID: 2
2026-10-22 10:01:53.361 JST [37932] LOG: archive recovery complete
TRAP: failed Assert("end_of_summary_lsn >= current_lsn"), File:
"walsummarizer.c", Line: 460, PID: 37935
2026-10-22 10:01:53.363 JST [37930] LOG: checkpoint starting: force
2026-10-22 10:01:53.364 JST [37927] LOG: database system is ready to
accept connections
0 postgres 0x000000011060e742
ExceptionalCondition + 178
1 postgres 0x00000001102e9762
WalSummarizerMain + 1698
2 postgres 0x00000001102de549
postmaster_child_launch + 377
3 postgres 0x00000001102e2c91
StartChildProcess + 273
4 postgres 0x00000001102e4ec2
LaunchMissingBackgroundProcesses + 674
5 postgres 0x00000001102e30f9 ServerLoop + 489
6 postgres 0x00000001102e1e69 PostmasterMain + 5753
7 postgres 0x0000000110179e43 main + 771
8 dyld 0x00007ff811152530 start + 3056
2026-10-22 10:01:53.371 JST [37927] LOG: WAL summarizer process (PID
37935) was terminated by signal 6: Abort trap: 6
2026-10-22 10:01:53.371 JST [37927] LOG: terminating any other active
server processes
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Regards,
[1] https://postgr.es/m/[email protected]
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Fujii Masao
