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To: pgsql-generallists.postgresql.org <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Questions about the continuity of WAL archiving
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2025 14:45:02 -0400
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On Fri, Aug 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM Greg Sabino Mullane <[email protected]>
wrote:
> 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.
>> Is there a good solution to prevent this situation?
>>
>
> I'm still not clear on what the problem here is, other than your archiving
> not keeping up. The best solution to that is:
>
>
> https://pgbackrest.org/1/configuration.html#section-archive/option-archive-async
>
> Yes, you would lost some ability for easy PITR for 80-100, but could still
> be done by resurrecting your crashed primary, or carefully grabbing from
> the replica before they get recycled. You can set archive_mode=always on
> the replicas to help with this.
>
Bog-standard PgBackRest retains all WAL files required for a full backup
set and its associated differential/incremental backups, no? I've
certainly done more than one --type=time --target="${RestoreUntil}" restore
without giving a second thought to timelines or whether the WAL exists.
Maybe I've just ignored the problem, since it (seemingly) does everything
for PITR backups.
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