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 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vg1ZX-007F5a-1s for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:10:08 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vg1ZW-00Ab6V-1h for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:10:06 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vg1ZW-00Ab6M-0V for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:10:06 +0000 Received: from mail-oa1-x2a.google.com ([2001:4860:4864:20::2a]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vg1ZT-000OS0-2v for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:10:05 +0000 Received: by mail-oa1-x2a.google.com with SMTP id 586e51a60fabf-3ffc3d389a8so4684918fac.1 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2026 06:10:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1768399804; x=1769004604; darn=lists.postgresql.org; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=nAb97e1vjpcYeznCIg5UyRn/1pBxskjaEyucNdlIx7w=; b=fGGrOYOefmK9H1OEFLqYJUrrLyLLXJV2Z5NLMueZFbdNaM0De7PXDusrIYrPTjyb6v IP/CZmm7eO+XDYp8uwaMpM5CplHDvWfPZkaW5x04IatLxgQSbqKPh4nYSIc1CPZHQgoU dPON2rl7Z7catxpHOZ9R7b7C931Nj+yePKuedOOIMip0YQ9Ams4L3l99nZqVpK0Ry9tZ awPJeFlYiidWt/CnNHHeSAdAh8f4Zi91cglW+7mmIJ0A1teWtq5BCQCtluYfQDdAYgeF wNGbaEiePnxHqDNlSTRdr94I6MwWl1iAgMGos3H6P5uz0GPk0cb3+17sxSTxzQ/z/tHV CpLw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1768399804; x=1769004604; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:x-gm-gg:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=nAb97e1vjpcYeznCIg5UyRn/1pBxskjaEyucNdlIx7w=; b=Tss0N/GRUKZQhMki+bqAJulmYPDNqiBH+PRJ8ioP0iX4TET1xEFu3T8fbbiqeYslIq Xob97SwsMadTPphd+4sbLK4g7vhzsebowO1ebu1Bn5rSR0H43kdPgn+m/qlHDV1GUKWH ZPo5qzOPQ1WC6kwT1ZMX7pFitlXLp8tPng0GXO9f4zeZtI5X7i/bVLYeR7r6+5tqA11L dziLeBvTGzCFY7YJo9DgoH/gNMKfEBcrCVVd0n2UZT7+1JInVDP1km2Xwtjccf3hTAAo I1Che4UhpOP2SCWbd0W/5+UkBw99+ym1FIHRW4ALaUPVvVfzXXG1u8rWfqvTNLZXoRZb ps1A== X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=1; AJvYcCWu8SRg6JLTxtnuF+yaBED9DmgFXxbE8bs7/d0f1w3xm7SX5Bp+Y0ZJ/fwGT0NR8iLLjmZ+Ksa96b2v@lists.postgresql.org X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YygnvTH9EXekgckwIWAIHBYIhsx+0gBmqNPbQuVuUTP3HOxHMQG BIs+hB0FcngayTGDCzlH03bVnrA3IrbzsG1d48n8P0w+SlUcxpthNa9RTrmsT5DeVo08c+bJDkp TJgBd+qS4eZjL6/5uUYvOna4nZnR/6us= X-Gm-Gg: AY/fxX45pPzZuLeaKeVR/+WzNWFe3eeIbRqjFnLMjBVUyv7oyu3QjdheH6ZyUbXyZY2 LR4hVwot2qzYjGtvOHRjoPA/D+XV+yd/gkcGfMXFyypYL8YMBsc3wV/ScrmEQ/NISXZrkKlQQRb 7Ghmgj8TySh+pHw/Xlv8EzTgcI9ouE5kGhbqm+atUgVa4SmbQF2wLDiCnat7INIJoFk/g398kkJ AKukeXUSpTa8/sMaiTCEL4sQK/4KBDs5Mijl9tB74pgMCFH9EcPu4VTCtYeJ0YbYwBkwzhB X-Received: by 2002:a05:6820:1ca0:b0:661:ae2:95ed with SMTP id 006d021491bc7-6610ae299f4mr549418eaf.60.1768399803747; Wed, 14 Jan 2026 06:10:03 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a05:6802:6649:10b0:619:571f:707d with HTTP; Wed, 14 Jan 2026 06:10:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <89846.1768373231@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: "David G. Johnston" Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 07:10:03 -0700 X-Gm-Features: AZwV_QgX4JeDw6eaLQwYt8aEsh18XO4ZUHkEStj7qJlU6Z1OmvvcI_zbu6t9VGU Message-ID: Subject: Re: Docs: Clarify that SIGHUP/reload does not update all GUCs for existing sessions To: Balkrishna Pandey Cc: Tom Lane , "pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000001f94e8064859aa23" List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk --0000000000001f94e8064859aa23 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Please follow our example and avoid top-posting. On Tuesday, January 13, 2026, Balkrishna Pandey wrote: > What I was trying to address is the impression a reader may get from =E2= =80=9Cso > that existing sessions also adopt the new values,=E2=80=9D namely that *a= ll* > changed settings automatically take effect everywhere. > Yeah, getting rid of the somewhat unclear word =E2=80=9Cadopt=E2=80=9D migh= t be good. Maybe say: =E2=80=9Cupdate their internal setting value hierarchy=E2=80=9D. David J. --0000000000001f94e8064859aa23 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Please follow our example and avoid top-posting.

O= n Tuesday, January 13, 2026, Balkrishna Pandey <balkrishna.pandey@gmail.com> wrote:
What I was trying to address is t= he impression a reader may get from =E2=80=9Cso that existing sessions also= adopt the new values,=E2=80=9D namely that all changed settings a= utomatically take effect everywhere.

= Yeah, getting rid of the somewhat unclear word =E2=80=9Cadopt=E2=80=9D migh= t be good.=C2=A0 Maybe say: =E2=80=9Cupdate their internal setting value hi= erarchy=E2=80=9D.

David J.

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