On 2018-10-30 10:52:54 -0700, Andres Freund wrote: > On 2018-10-30 11:51:09 +0900, Michael Paquier wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 12:13:04PM -0700, Andres Freund wrote: > > > I don't think this quite is the problem. ISTM the issue is rather that > > > StartupReplicationSlots() *needs* to check whether wal_level > minimal, > > > and doesn't. So you can create a slot, shutdown, change wal_level, > > > startup. A slot exists but won't work correctly. > > > > It seems to me that what we are looking for is just to complain at > > startup if we find any slot data and if trying to start up with > > wal_level = minimal. > > Right, we really should just call CheckSlotRequirements() before doing > so. I'll make it so, once I'm actually awake and had some coffee.
And done. Thanks for the report JD. - Andres