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On 10/21/24 13:49, Koen De Groote wrote:
> See, I'm reading that, and my conclusion is "Ah great, it will try 
> again, everything will be fine."

Unless it never completes and you hit the timeout.

> 
> There's a link between the archive_command, pg_basebackup and 
> wal_sender_timeout, but that link isn't clear from just reading all 
> these documentation pages when learning about their concepts separately.
> 
> It's just too much information to read and then "just know" in your head 
> that these must be the relations. Especially if you have dozens of other 
> things to do.
> 
> That's my 2 cents.
> 
> Regards,
> Koen De Groote
> 


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