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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Subject: Re: BUG #18094: max max_connections cannot be set
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PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> Expectation for max max_connections is 262143 in PG14, but it cannot be
> achieved:

Why do you think that's the maximum?

If you are looking at MAX_BACKENDS, that is not a limit on
max_connections.  It is a limit on max_connections +
autovacuum_max_workers + 1 + max_worker_processes + max_wal_senders;
cf check_max_connections.

			regards, tom lane