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commit    cc1edfa6c20b57402221983750ae4d69c2ddd4e3
Author:   Fujii Masao <fujii@postgresql.org>
Date:     Thu Sep 03 03:16:54 2026 +0000

    Avoid backend hang during temp table cleanup in deferrable transactions
    
    Previously, a session that had created temporary objects could hang during
    exit if its default transaction mode was SERIALIZABLE READ ONLY DEFERRABLE
    and a concurrent serializable transaction was prepared. During backend
    exit, temporary-relation cleanup pushed a regular transaction snapshot,
    which honored the session's default settings and could wait for a safe
    serializable snapshot. So, if the conflicting transaction was prepared,
    this wait could last indefinitely.
    
    The wait occurred while the backend was already exiting and interrupts
    were held off, so even pg_terminate_backend() could not cancel it. The
    backend therefore remained until the prepared transaction was resolved.
    
    Temporary-relation cleanup only needs an active MVCC snapshot for fetching
    TOAST data from catalog tuples while dropping temporary objects. It does
    not need a transaction snapshot affected by the user's default isolation
    settings. So, use a catalog snapshot instead, which provides the needed
    protection without entering the deferrable safe-snapshot wait.
    
    Backpatch to all supported versions.
    
    Bug: #19441
    Reported-by: Alexander Lakhin <exclusion@gmail.com>
    Author: Andrey Rachitskiy <pl0h0yp1@gmail.com>
    Reviewed-by: Andrey Borodin <x4mmm@yandex-team.ru>
    Reviewed-by: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
    Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/19441-ec29f3b1363b4a68@postgresql.org
    Backpatch-through: 14


 src/backend/catalog/namespace.c                    | 10 +++-
 .../test_misc/t/015_temp_schema_exit_deferrable.pl | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/namespace.c b/src/backend/catalog/namespace.c
index 5a48df0fc5e..46f188d4731 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/namespace.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/namespace.c
@@ -4300,7 +4300,15 @@ RemoveTempRelationsCallback(int code, Datum arg)
 		/* Need to ensure we have a usable transaction. */
 		AbortOutOfAnyTransaction();
 		StartTransactionCommand();
-		PushActiveSnapshot(GetTransactionSnapshot());
+
+		/*
+		 * Need an active snapshot for toast fetches during deletion.  Do not
+		 * use GetTransactionSnapshot(): under SERIALIZABLE READ ONLY
+		 * DEFERRABLE it may wait in GetSafeSnapshot(), and proc_exit holds
+		 * off interrupts so that wait cannot be cancelled.  A catalog
+		 * snapshot is enough and avoids that path.
+		 */
+		PushActiveSnapshot(GetCatalogSnapshot(RelationRelationId));
 
 		RemoveTempRelations(myTempNamespace);
 
diff --git a/src/test/modules/test_misc/t/015_temp_schema_exit_deferrable.pl b/src/test/modules/test_misc/t/015_temp_schema_exit_deferrable.pl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..07de36630a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/test_misc/t/015_temp_schema_exit_deferrable.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2026, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+
+# Backend exit must finish temp-schema cleanup even when the session default
+# is SERIALIZABLE READ ONLY DEFERRABLE and a prepared serializable transaction
+# is still around.
+
+use strict;
+use warnings FATAL => 'all';
+use PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster;
+use PostgreSQL::Test::Utils;
+use Test::More;
+
+my $node = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('deferrable_temp_exit');
+$node->init;
+$node->append_conf('postgresql.conf', 'max_prepared_transactions = 1');
+$node->start;
+
+my $psql1 = $node->background_psql('postgres');
+
+$psql1->query_safe(
+	q{
+CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE tt (i int);
+SET SESSION CHARACTERISTICS AS TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE READ ONLY DEFERRABLE;
+});
+
+my $pid = $psql1->query_safe(q{SELECT pg_backend_pid();});
+chomp $pid;
+like($pid, qr/^\d+$/, "backend pid $pid");
+
+# Overlapping read/write serializable xact that outlives session 1.
+$node->safe_psql(
+	'postgres',
+	q{
+CREATE TABLE t (i int);
+BEGIN TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE;
+INSERT INTO t VALUES (1);
+PREPARE TRANSACTION 'pt';
+});
+
+# Disconnect: RemoveTempRelationsCallback runs during backend exit.
+$psql1->quit;
+
+ok( $node->poll_query_until(
+		'postgres',
+		"SELECT count(*) = 0 FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE pid = $pid"),
+	'backend exited despite prepared serializable xact');
+
+is( $node->safe_psql(
+		'postgres',
+		q{SELECT count(*) FROM pg_class WHERE relname = 'tt' AND relpersistence = 't'}
+	),
+	'0',
+	'temporary table cleaned up on exit');
+
+$node->safe_psql('postgres', q{ROLLBACK PREPARED 'pt';});
+$node->safe_psql('postgres', q{DROP TABLE t;});
+
+done_testing();


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