From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
To: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
Cc: Sergei Kornilov <sk@zsrv.org>
Cc: Олег Самойлов <splarv@ya.ru>
Cc: pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org, Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
Subject: Re: basic_archive lost archive_directory
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 15:58:01 -0600
Message-ID: <aYpYaRipZ_-lYxNY@nathan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHGQGwF3tFP=oQgYHoS3h9TMeFbZwXc6+xdPTW8CkMV2TkjTmg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 02:46:39AM +0900, Fujii Masao wrote:
> basic_archive is usually loaded only by the archiver via archive_library.
> In that case, errors reported by check_archive_directory() are not logged
> by default, since GUC check hook errors are normally emitted only by
> the postmaster. As a result, misconfigurations (e.g., a non-existent
> archive_directory) may go unnoticed, which is problematic for users.
I don't think this is true. With default parameters, I see the following
in my logs with a misconfigured archive directory setting:
2026-02-09 15:53:10.372 CST [12803] WARNING: invalid value for parameter "basic_archive.archive_directory": "/does/not/exist"
2026-02-09 15:53:10.372 CST [12803] DETAIL: Specified archive directory does not exist.
--
nathan
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