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To: Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Questions about the continuity of WAL archiving
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2025 13:50:19 +0800
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Thank you for your reply.
The archived files can be used for PITR (Point-In-Time Recovery), allowing
recovery to any point between WAL 80 and 100 on timeline 1.
Additionally, if there's a backup taken during timeline 1 and a switchover
to a new primary has occurred without taking a new full backup yet, these
WAL logs can still be used to recover to any point on timeline 2.
Regards,
Pixian Shi
Adrian Klaver <[email protected]> 于2025年8月8日周五 12:25写道：
> On 8/7/25 20:20, px shi wrote:
> > Hi,
> > There is a scenario: the current timeline of the PostgreSQL primary node
> > is 1, and the latest WAL file is 100. The standby node has also received
> > up to WAL file 100. However, the latest WAL file archived is only file
> > 80. If the primary node crashes at this point and the standby is
> > promoted to the new primary, archiving will resume from file 100 on
> > timeline 2. As a result, WAL files from 81 to 100 on timeline 1 will be
> > missing from the archive.
>
> What are you planning to do with the archived files?
>
> Also is not the case that once the primary crashes you are in a split
> brain case and can't really trust it's timeline anymore?
>
>
> > Is there a good solution to prevent this situation?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Pixian Shi
>
>
> --
> Adrian Klaver
> [email protected]
>
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