Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1qvemH-006RMZ-Kr for pgsql-bugs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:22:33 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1qvelG-004OvG-KS for pgsql-bugs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:21:30 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1qvelG-004Orn-BF for pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:21:30 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([68.162.161.243]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1qvelD-002exz-GK for pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:21:29 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 39PELOul970628; Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:21:25 -0400 From: Tom Lane To: maxime.boyer@cra-arc.gc.ca cc: pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org Subject: Re: BUG #18168: Parallel worker failed to initialize: could not create inherited socket: error code 10106 In-reply-to: <18168-ed449e75cefb972a@postgresql.org> References: <18168-ed449e75cefb972a@postgresql.org> Comments: In-reply-to PG Bug reporting form message dated "Tue, 24 Oct 2023 19:40:41 -0000" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <970626.1698243684.1@sss.pgh.pa.us> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:21:24 -0400 Message-ID: <970627.1698243684@sss.pgh.pa.us> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk PG Bug reporting form writes: > New firmware were installed on the server, this happened after restarting > the server. Since then, the database runs on a secondary server without > issue. That server received the same updates. We haven't tried moving it > back as this is our production database. Was this a fluke? > 83 identical errors were logged in the system Event Viewer: > could not create inherited socket: error code 10106 FWIW, the PG code that throws that error message is old enough to vote; it's not something we changed in a recent minor release. So I doubt the PG upgrade was the triggering factor. I am guessing you saw the impact of some external event, but I don't know what. regards, tom lane