Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:59:49 -0500
From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
Cc: Zsolt Parragi <zsolt.parragi@percona.com>,
	Alexander Lakhin <exclusion@gmail.com>,
	Tomas Vondra <tomas@vondra.me>,
	"Jonathan Gonzalez V." <jonathan.abdiel@gmail.com>,
	PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: datachecksums: handle invalid and dropped databases during enable
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On Wed, Aug 26, 2026 at 11:48:36PM +0200, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
>> On 25 Aug 2026, at 21:32, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Does this one deserve a mention on the open items wiki [0]?
> 
> I don't think this is an open item; the code as it stands reverts back to a
> safe state in the case of a failed DROP.  The same goes for if a user
> terminates the worker process, maybe there is a UX change to consider in a
> future version but it's not broken the way it is (as in, it reverts to a safe
> state).  Do you agree with this Zsolt or an I missing an active bug?

Okay.  I added one before you sent this message.  Provided Zsolt agrees, I
will remove it.

-- 
nathan