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From: Jeff Davis <jdavis@postgresql.org>
To: pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: pgsql: Improve DROP SERVER handling of dependent subscriptions.
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:29:26 +0000
Message-ID: <E1wqzHq-000000003fd-3pHd@gemulon.postgresql.org> (raw)

Improve DROP SERVER handling of dependent subscriptions.

We do not allow a DROP SERVER ... CASCADE to implicitly drop a
subscription, because it's in a shared catalog and dropping a
subscription has side effects. Instead we throw an error and the user
must drop the subscription explicitly. Document this behavior and add
a HINT to the error message.

Generalize AcquireDeletionLock()/ReleaseDeletionLock() to use shared
object locks for all shared catalogs, which includes AuthMemRelationId
and now SubscriptionRelationId.

Move error message after AcquireDeletionLock() to avoid an unnecessary
error if there's a concurrent DROP SUBSCRIPTION.

Addresses finding 10 & 15 in report from linked discussion.

Reported-by: Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20260710195902.4f.noahmisch@microsoft.com
Backpatch-through: 19

Branch
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REL_19_STABLE

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/608704adee75fd4316a10f4aa9a93aa8c6dc7eeb

Modified Files
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doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_server.sgml          |  4 ++++
src/backend/catalog/dependency.c           | 31 +++++++++++++++++-------------
src/test/regress/expected/subscription.out |  4 ++++
src/test/regress/sql/subscription.sql      |  2 ++
4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)



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