Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mUzRK-0003mY-Fk for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 27 Sep 2021 22:49:38 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mUzRJ-0008St-Eo for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 27 Sep 2021 22:49:37 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mUzRJ-0008Sk-6t for pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org; Mon, 27 Sep 2021 22:49:37 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([66.207.139.130]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mUzRH-0003wg-6H for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Mon, 27 Sep 2021 22:49:36 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 18RMnVXR2790909; Mon, 27 Sep 2021 18:49:31 -0400 From: Tom Lane To: Mark Dilger cc: Noah Misch , PostgreSQL-development Subject: Re: Fixing WAL instability in various TAP tests In-reply-to: References: <32A1FDD1-9C7B-43B1-B3EE-49198DD3F887@enterprisedb.com> <20210925052151.GA4082552@rfd.leadboat.com> <2E9D28A3-1B54-446B-AC12-3BF86A2B522A@enterprisedb.com> <2502590.1632579467@sss.pgh.pa.us> <2B4C64CF-EE3F-474B-9685-6A927E5E49AE@enterprisedb.com> <20210925160039.GA4134968@rfd.leadboat.com> <193AC968-C348-4D81-88BC-384560F87500@enterprisedb.com> <2769443.1632773967@sss.pgh.pa.us> Comments: In-reply-to Mark Dilger message dated "Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:21:36 -0700" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <2790907.1632782971.1@sss.pgh.pa.us> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 18:49:31 -0400 Message-ID: <2790908.1632782971@sss.pgh.pa.us> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk Mark Dilger writes: >> On Sep 27, 2021, at 1:19 PM, Tom Lane wrote: >> I'm a little inclined to re-enable the test without your other >> changes, just to see what happens. > That sounds like a good idea. Even if it passes at first, I'd prefer to= leave it for a week or more to have a better sense of how stable it is. = Applying my patches too soon would just add more variables to a not-so-wel= l understood situation. Done. I shall retire to a safe viewing distance and observe the buildfarm. regards, tom lane