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* [PATCH v47 4/9] repack code cleanups
@ 2026-03-31 14:48 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 420+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-31 14:48 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/cluster.c | 163 +++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 112 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/cluster.c b/src/backend/commands/cluster.c
index fd0bfacaae6..c0220cb3380 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/cluster.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/cluster.c
@@ -2459,18 +2459,8 @@ apply_concurrent_changes(BufFile *file, ChangeContext *chgcxt)
 	TupleTableSlot *spilled_tuple;
 	TupleTableSlot *old_update_tuple;
 	TupleTableSlot *ondisk_tuple;
-	MemoryContext apply_cxt;
 	bool		have_old_tuple = false;
-
-	/*
-	 * Use a separate memory context for the tuples and any memory needed to
-	 * process them.
-	 *
-	 * XXX would this be better with GenerationContextCreate?
-	 */
-	apply_cxt = AllocSetContextCreate(TopTransactionContext,
-									  "REPACK - apply",
-									  ALLOCSET_DEFAULT_SIZES);
+	MemoryContext	oldcxt;
 
 	spilled_tuple = MakeSingleTupleTableSlot(RelationGetDescr(rel),
 											 &TTSOpsVirtual);
@@ -2479,6 +2469,8 @@ apply_concurrent_changes(BufFile *file, ChangeContext *chgcxt)
 	old_update_tuple = MakeSingleTupleTableSlot(RelationGetDescr(rel),
 												&TTSOpsVirtual);
 
+	oldcxt = MemoryContextSwitchTo(GetPerTupleMemoryContext(chgcxt->cc_estate));
+
 	while (true)
 	{
 		size_t		nread;
@@ -2570,14 +2562,15 @@ apply_concurrent_changes(BufFile *file, ChangeContext *chgcxt)
 		else
 			elog(ERROR, "unrecognized kind of change: %d", kind);
 
-		MemoryContextReset(apply_cxt);
+		ResetPerTupleExprContext(chgcxt->cc_estate);
 	}
 
 	/* Cleanup. */
 	ExecDropSingleTupleTableSlot(spilled_tuple);
 	ExecDropSingleTupleTableSlot(ondisk_tuple);
 	ExecDropSingleTupleTableSlot(old_update_tuple);
-	MemoryContextDelete(apply_cxt);
+
+	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcxt);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2588,27 +2581,17 @@ static void
 apply_concurrent_insert(Relation rel, TupleTableSlot *slot,
 						ChangeContext *chgcxt)
 {
-	List	   *recheck;
-
 	/* Put the tuple in the table, but make sure it won't be decoded */
 	table_tuple_insert(rel, slot, GetCurrentCommandId(true),
 					   HEAP_INSERT_NO_LOGICAL, NULL);
 
-	/*
-	 * Update indexes with this new tuple.  Because we're merely replaying an
-	 * action that already happened, we have no use for the recheck list of
-	 * indexes returned, so just free it.  XXX or maybe just leave it?
-	 */
-	recheck = ExecInsertIndexTuples(chgcxt->cc_rri,
-									chgcxt->cc_estate,
-									0,
-									slot,
-									NIL, NULL);
-	list_free(recheck);
-
+	/* Update indexes with this new tuple. */
+	ExecInsertIndexTuples(chgcxt->cc_rri,
+						  chgcxt->cc_estate,
+						  0,
+						  slot,
+						  NIL, NULL);
 	pgstat_progress_incr_param(PROGRESS_REPACK_HEAP_TUPLES_INSERTED, 1);
-
-	ResetPerTupleExprContext(chgcxt->cc_estate);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2624,10 +2607,9 @@ apply_concurrent_update(Relation rel, TupleTableSlot *spilled_tuple,
 	TM_FailureData tmfd;
 	TU_UpdateIndexes update_indexes;
 	TM_Result	res;
-	List	   *recheck;
 
 	/*
-	 * Carry out the update, avoiding logical decoding info.
+	 * Carry out the update, skipping logical decoding for it.
 	 */
 	res = table_tuple_update(rel, &(ondisk_tuple->tts_tid), spilled_tuple,
 							 GetCurrentCommandId(true),
@@ -2646,13 +2628,11 @@ apply_concurrent_update(Relation rel, TupleTableSlot *spilled_tuple,
 
 		if (update_indexes == TU_Summarizing)
 			flags |= EIIT_ONLY_SUMMARIZING;
-		recheck = ExecInsertIndexTuples(chgcxt->cc_rri,
-										chgcxt->cc_estate,
-										flags,
-										spilled_tuple,
-										NIL, NULL);
-		list_free(recheck);
-		ResetPerTupleExprContext(chgcxt->cc_estate);
+		ExecInsertIndexTuples(chgcxt->cc_rri,
+							  chgcxt->cc_estate,
+							  flags,
+							  spilled_tuple,
+							  NIL, NULL);
 	}
 
 	pgstat_progress_incr_param(PROGRESS_REPACK_HEAP_TUPLES_UPDATED, 1);
@@ -2665,10 +2645,7 @@ apply_concurrent_delete(Relation rel, TupleTableSlot *slot)
 	TM_FailureData tmfd;
 
 	/*
-	 * Delete tuple from the new heap.
-	 *
-	 * Do it like in simple_heap_delete(), except for 'wal_logical' (and
-	 * except for 'wait').
+	 * Delete tuple from the new heap, skipping logical decoding for it.
 	 */
 	res = table_tuple_delete(rel, &(slot->tts_tid),
 							 GetCurrentCommandId(true),
@@ -3009,12 +2986,8 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 	char		relpersistence;
 	bool		is_system_catalog;
 	Oid			ident_idx_new;
-	XLogRecPtr	wal_insert_ptr,
-				end_of_wal;
-	char		dummy_rec_data = '\0';
-	Relation   *ind_refs,
-			   *ind_refs_p;
-	int			nind;
+	XLogRecPtr	end_of_wal;
+	List	   *indexrels;
 	ChangeContext chgcxt;
 
 	/* Like in cluster_rel(). */
@@ -3041,24 +3014,23 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 	 */
 	ind_oids_new = build_new_indexes(NewHeap, OldHeap, ind_oids_old);
 
-	/* Find "identity index" on the new relation. */
+	/*
+	 * The identity index in the new relation appears in the same relative
+	 * position as the corresponding index in the old relation.  Find it.
+	 */
 	ident_idx_new = InvalidOid;
-	forboth(lc, ind_oids_old, lc2, ind_oids_new)
+	foreach_oid(ind_old, ind_oids_old)
 	{
-		Oid			ind_old = lfirst_oid(lc);
-		Oid			ind_new = lfirst_oid(lc2);
-
 		if (identIdx == ind_old)
 		{
-			ident_idx_new = ind_new;
+			ident_idx_new = list_nth_oid(ind_oids_new,
+										 foreach_current_index(ind_old));
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-
-	/* Should not happen, given our lock on the old relation. */
 	if (!OidIsValid(ident_idx_new))
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				errmsg("identity index missing on the new relation"));
+		elog(ERROR, "could not find index matching \"%s\" at the new relation",
+			 get_rel_name(identIdx));
 
 	/* Gather information to apply concurrent changes. */
 	initialize_change_context(&chgcxt, NewHeap, ident_idx_new);
@@ -3074,8 +3046,7 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 	 * incomplete page; see GetInsertRecPtr), to minimize the amount of data
 	 * we need to flush while holding exclusive lock on the source table.
 	 */
-	wal_insert_ptr = GetInsertRecPtr();
-	XLogFlush(wal_insert_ptr);
+	XLogFlush(GetXLogInsertRecPtr());
 	end_of_wal = GetFlushRecPtr(NULL);
 
 	/*
@@ -3094,10 +3065,9 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 	/*
 	 * Lock all indexes now, not only the clustering one: all indexes need to
 	 * have their files swapped. While doing that, store their relation
-	 * references in an array, to handle predicate locks below.
+	 * references in a zero-terminated array, to handle predicate locks below.
 	 */
-	ind_refs_p = ind_refs = palloc_array(Relation, list_length(ind_oids_old));
-	nind = 0;
+	indexrels = NIL;
 	foreach_oid(ind_oid, ind_oids_old)
 	{
 		Relation	index;
@@ -3105,16 +3075,11 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		index = index_open(ind_oid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 		/*
-		 * TODO 1) Do we need to check if ALTER INDEX was executed since the
-		 * new index was created in build_new_indexes()? 2) Specifically for
-		 * the clustering index, should check_index_is_clusterable() be called
-		 * here? (Not sure about the latter: ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on the
-		 * table probably blocks all commands that affect the result of
-		 * check_index_is_clusterable().)
+		 * Some things about the index may have changed before we locked the
+		 * index, such as ALTER INDEX RENAME.  We don't need to do anything
+		 * here to absorb those changes in the new index.
 		 */
-		*ind_refs_p = index;
-		ind_refs_p++;
-		nind++;
+		indexrels = lappend(indexrels, index);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -3128,40 +3093,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
-	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
+	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
 	{
-		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
-
 		TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(index);
-
-		/*
-		 * References to indexes on the old relation are not needed anymore,
-		 * however locks stay till the end of the transaction.
-		 */
 		index_close(index, NoLock);
 	}
-	pfree(ind_refs);
+	list_free(indexrels);
 
 	/*
-	 * Flush anything we see in WAL, to make sure that all changes committed
-	 * while we were waiting for the exclusive lock are available for
-	 * decoding. This should not be necessary if all backends had
-	 * synchronous_commit set, but we can't rely on this setting.
-	 *
-	 * Unfortunately, GetInsertRecPtr() may lag behind the actual insert
-	 * position, and GetLastImportantRecPtr() points at the start of the last
-	 * record rather than at the end. Thus the simplest way to determine the
-	 * insert position is to insert a dummy record and use its LSN.
-	 *
-	 * XXX Consider using GetLastImportantRecPtr() and adding the size of the
-	 * last record (plus the total size of all the page headers the record
-	 * spans)?
+	 * Flush WAL again, to make sure that all changes committed while we were
+	 * waiting for the exclusive lock are available for decoding.
 	 */
-	XLogBeginInsert();
-	XLogRegisterData(&dummy_rec_data, 1);
-	wal_insert_ptr = XLogInsert(RM_XLOG_ID, XLOG_NOOP);
-	XLogFlush(wal_insert_ptr);
+	XLogFlush(GetXLogInsertRecPtr());
 	end_of_wal = GetFlushRecPtr(NULL);
 
 	/*
@@ -3186,10 +3129,7 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 	{
 		Oid			ind_old = lfirst_oid(lc);
 		Oid			ind_new = lfirst_oid(lc2);
-		Oid			mapped_tables[4];
-
-		/* Zero out possible results from swapped_relation_files */
-		memset(mapped_tables, 0, sizeof(mapped_tables));
+		Oid			mapped_tables[4] = {0};
 
 		swap_relation_files(ind_old, ind_new,
 							(old_table_oid == RelationRelationId),
@@ -3200,13 +3140,12 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 							mapped_tables);
 
 #ifdef USE_ASSERT_CHECKING
-
 		/*
 		 * Concurrent processing is not supported for system relations, so
 		 * there should be no mapped tables.
 		 */
 		for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
-			Assert(mapped_tables[i] == 0);
+			Assert(!OidIsValid(mapped_tables[i]));
 #endif
 	}
 
@@ -3256,22 +3195,22 @@ build_new_indexes(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap, List *OldIndexes)
 	pgstat_progress_update_param(PROGRESS_REPACK_PHASE,
 								 PROGRESS_REPACK_PHASE_REBUILD_INDEX);
 
-	foreach_oid(ind_oid, OldIndexes)
+	foreach_oid(oldindex, OldIndexes)
 	{
-		Oid			ind_oid_new;
+		Oid			newindex;
 		char	   *newName;
 		Relation	ind;
 
-		ind = index_open(ind_oid, ShareUpdateExclusiveLock);
+		ind = index_open(oldindex, ShareUpdateExclusiveLock);
 
-		newName = ChooseRelationName(get_rel_name(ind_oid),
+		newName = ChooseRelationName(get_rel_name(oldindex),
 									 NULL,
 									 "repacknew",
 									 get_rel_namespace(ind->rd_index->indrelid),
 									 false);
-		ind_oid_new = index_create_copy(NewHeap, false, ind_oid,
-										ind->rd_rel->reltablespace, newName);
-		result = lappend_oid(result, ind_oid_new);
+		newindex = index_create_copy(NewHeap, false, oldindex,
+									 ind->rd_rel->reltablespace, newName);
+		result = lappend_oid(result, newindex);
 
 		index_close(ind, NoLock);
 	}
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 420+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 420+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 420+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 420+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 420+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 420+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 420+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 420+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 420+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 420+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 420+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 7/7] WIP add max_repack_replication_slots
@ 2026-04-01 17:54 Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-04-01 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c          |  4 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c    |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c    |  5 +-
 src/backend/replication/slot.c                | 77 +++++++++++--------
 src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c           |  8 +-
 src/backend/replication/walsender.c           |  4 +-
 src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat     |  8 ++
 src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample |  2 +
 src/include/replication/slot.h                |  6 +-
 9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
index 106b2b60441..00b21ede481 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack_worker.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ repack_setup_logical_decoding(Oid relid)
 	 * RS_TEMPORARY so that the slot gets cleaned up on ERROR.
 	 */
 	snprintf(NameStr(slotname), NAMEDATALEN, "repack_%d", MyProcPid);
-	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, false,
-						  false);
+	ReplicationSlotCreate(NameStr(slotname), true, RS_TEMPORARY, false, true,
+						  false, false);
 
 	EnsureLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
index 09964198550..d83125afd0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ CreateConflictDetectionSlot(void)
 			errmsg("creating replication conflict detection slot"));
 
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(CONFLICT_DETECTION_SLOT, false, RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	init_conflict_slot_xmin();
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index e75db69e3f6..1bc7f3f600d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ get_local_synced_slots(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ synchronize_one_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(remote_slot->name, true, RS_TEMPORARY,
 							  remote_slot->two_phase,
+							  false,
 							  remote_slot->failover,
 							  true);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1692,7 @@ update_synced_slots_inactive_since(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..fe6bfeba25e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot = NULL;
 /* GUC variables */
 int			max_replication_slots = 10; /* the maximum number of replication
 										 * slots */
+int			max_repack_replication_slots = 1;	/* the maximum number of slots
+												 * for REPACK */
+int			TotalMaxReplicationSlots = 0;	/* sum of both */
 
 /*
  * Invalidate replication slots that have remained idle longer than this
@@ -190,12 +193,14 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void)
 {
 	Size		size = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	TotalMaxReplicationSlots = max_replication_slots + max_repack_replication_slots;
+
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return size;
 
 	size = offsetof(ReplicationSlotCtlData, replication_slots);
 	size = add_size(size,
-					mul_size(max_replication_slots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
+					mul_size(TotalMaxReplicationSlots, sizeof(ReplicationSlot)));
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 {
 	bool		found;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return;
 
 	ReplicationSlotCtl = (ReplicationSlotCtlData *)
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void)
 		/* First time through, so initialize */
 		MemSet(ReplicationSlotCtl, 0, ReplicationSlotsShmemSize());
 
-		for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 		{
 			ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
  * db_specific: logical decoding is db specific; if the slot is going to
  *	   be used for that pass true, otherwise false.
  * two_phase: If enabled, allows decoding of prepared transactions.
+ * repack: If true, use a slot from the pool for REPACK.
  * failover: If enabled, allows the slot to be synced to standbys so
  *     that logical replication can be resumed after failover.
  * synced: True if the slot is synchronized from the primary server.
@@ -379,10 +385,11 @@ IsSlotForConflictCheck(const char *name)
 void
 ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 					  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-					  bool two_phase, bool failover, bool synced)
+					  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover, bool synced)
 {
 	ReplicationSlot *slot = NULL;
-	int			i;
+	int			startpoint,
+				endpoint;
 
 	Assert(MyReplicationSlot == NULL);
 
@@ -431,12 +438,16 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for name collision, and identify an allocatable slot.  We need to
-	 * hold ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody
-	 * else can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
+	 * Check for name collision (across the whole array), and identify an
+	 * allocatable slot (in the array slice specific to our current use case:
+	 * either general, or REPACK only).  We need to hold
+	 * ReplicationSlotControlLock in shared mode for this, so that nobody else
+	 * can change the in_use flags while we're looking at them.
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	startpoint = repack ? max_replication_slots : 0;
+	endpoint = repack ? TotalMaxReplicationSlots : max_replication_slots;
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -444,7 +455,9 @@ ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
 					 errmsg("replication slot \"%s\" already exists", name)));
-		if (!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
+
+		if (i >= startpoint && i < endpoint &&
+			!s->in_use && slot == NULL)
 			slot = s;
 	}
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ SearchNamedReplicationSlot(const char *name, bool need_lock)
 	if (need_lock)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -575,7 +588,7 @@ int
 ReplicationSlotIndex(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 {
 	Assert(slot >= ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots &&
-		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + max_replication_slots);
+		   slot < ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots + TotalMaxReplicationSlots);
 
 	return slot - ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots;
 }
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ ReplicationSlotCleanup(bool synced_only)
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
@@ -1251,7 +1264,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(bool already_locked)
 	if (!already_locked)
 		LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		TransactionId effective_xmin;
@@ -1306,7 +1319,7 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN(void)
 	Assert(ReplicationSlotCtl != NULL);
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1373,12 +1386,12 @@ ReplicationSlotsComputeLogicalRestartLSN(void)
 	XLogRecPtr	result = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 	int			i;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return InvalidXLogRecPtr;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		XLogRecPtr	restart_lsn;
@@ -1453,11 +1466,11 @@ ReplicationSlotsCountDBSlots(Oid dboid, int *nslots, int *nactive)
 
 	*nslots = *nactive = 0;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 
@@ -1514,13 +1527,13 @@ ReplicationSlotsDropDBSlots(Oid dboid)
 	bool		found_valid_logicalslot;
 	bool		dropped = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		char	   *slotname;
@@ -1617,11 +1630,11 @@ CheckLogicalSlotExists(void)
 {
 	bool		found = false;
 
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s;
 		bool		invalidated;
@@ -1662,7 +1675,10 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 	 * needs the same check.
 	 */
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	/* FIXME how to relax this for repack in a way that doesn't mess everything
+	 * up?
+	 */
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if \"max_replication_slots\" > 0")));
@@ -2216,7 +2232,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 	Assert(!(possible_causes & RS_INVAL_WAL_REMOVED) || oldestSegno > 0);
 	Assert(possible_causes != RS_INVAL_NONE);
 
-	if (max_replication_slots == 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots == 0)
 		return invalidated;
 
 	XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(oldestSegno, 0, wal_segment_size, oldestLSN);
@@ -2224,7 +2240,7 @@ InvalidateObsoleteReplicationSlots(uint32 possible_causes,
 restart:
 	found_valid_logicalslot = false;
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		bool		released_lock = false;
@@ -2329,7 +2345,7 @@ CheckPointReplicationSlots(bool is_shutdown)
 	 */
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotAllocationLock, LW_SHARED);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 		char		path[MAXPGPATH];
@@ -2430,7 +2446,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 	FreeDir(replication_dir);
 
 	/* currently no slots exist, we're done. */
-	if (max_replication_slots <= 0)
+	if (TotalMaxReplicationSlots <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	/* Now that we have recovered all the data, compute replication xmin */
@@ -2860,7 +2876,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 				 errhint("Change \"wal_level\" to be \"replica\" or higher.")));
 
 	/* nothing can be active yet, don't lock anything */
-	for (i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot;
 
@@ -2902,6 +2918,7 @@ RestoreSlotFromDisk(const char *name)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX might be misleading if the slots previously in use were REPACK. */
 	if (!restored)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("too many replication slots active before shutdown"),
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
index 9f5e4f998fe..cdb4dbd87c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slotfuncs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ create_physical_replication_slot(char *name, bool immediately_reserve,
 	/* acquire replication slot, this will check for conflicting names */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, false,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT, false,
-						  false, false);
+						  false, false, false);
 
 	if (immediately_reserve)
 	{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ create_logical_replication_slot(char *name, char *plugin,
 	 */
 	ReplicationSlotCreate(name, true,
 						  temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL, two_phase,
-						  failover, false);
+						  false, failover, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the logical decoding is enabled before initializing the logical
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pg_get_replication_slots(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	currlsn = GetXLogWriteRecPtr();
 
 	LWLockAcquire(ReplicationSlotControlLock, LW_SHARED);
-	for (slotno = 0; slotno < max_replication_slots; slotno++)
+	for (slotno = 0; slotno < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; slotno++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *slot = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[slotno];
 		ReplicationSlot slot_contents;
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ copy_replication_slot(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool logical_slot)
 	 * managed to create the new slot, we advance the new slot's restart_lsn
 	 * to the source slot's updated restart_lsn the second time we lock it.
 	 */
-	for (int i = 0; i < max_replication_slots; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < TotalMaxReplicationSlots; i++)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlot *s = &ReplicationSlotCtl->replication_slots[i];
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index fbbe09135bf..caea3ed1257 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 	{
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, false,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_PERSISTENT,
-							  false, false, false);
+							  false, false, false, false);
 
 		if (reserve_wal)
 		{
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ CreateReplicationSlot(CreateReplicationSlotCmd *cmd)
 		 */
 		ReplicationSlotCreate(cmd->slotname, true,
 							  cmd->temporary ? RS_TEMPORARY : RS_EPHEMERAL,
-							  two_phase, failover, false);
+							  two_phase, false, failover, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Do options check early so that we can bail before calling the
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
index 0a862693fcd..d12a3bd7bdf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_parameters.dat
@@ -2070,6 +2070,14 @@
   max => 'MAX_BACKENDS',
 },
 
+{ name => 'max_repack_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
+  short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of replication slots for use by REPACK.',
+  variable => 'max_repack_replication_slots',
+  boot_val => '1',
+  min => '0',
+  max => 'MAX_BACKENDS /* XXX? */',
+},
+
 /* see max_wal_senders */
 { name => 'max_replication_slots', type => 'int', context => 'PGC_POSTMASTER', group => 'REPLICATION_SENDING',
   short_desc => 'Sets the maximum number of simultaneously defined replication slots.',
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index cf15597385b..15014f37753 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@
                                 # (change requires restart)
 #max_replication_slots = 10     # max number of replication slots
                                 # (change requires restart)
+#max_repack_replication_slots = 1 # max number of replication slots for REPACK
+                                # (change requires restart)
 #wal_keep_size = 0              # in megabytes; 0 disables
 #max_slot_wal_keep_size = -1    # in megabytes; -1 disables
 #idle_replication_slot_timeout = 0      # in seconds; 0 disables
diff --git a/src/include/replication/slot.h b/src/include/replication/slot.h
index 4b4709f6e2c..88953576894 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/slot.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/slot.h
@@ -324,9 +324,13 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT ReplicationSlot *MyReplicationSlot;
 
 /* GUCs */
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_replication_slots;
+extern PGDLLIMPORT int max_repack_replication_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT char *synchronized_standby_slots;
 extern PGDLLIMPORT int idle_replication_slot_timeout_secs;
 
+/* only for slotfuncs.c, slotsync.c etc */
+extern int TotalMaxReplicationSlots;
+
 /* shmem initialization functions */
 extern Size ReplicationSlotsShmemSize(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ extern void ReplicationSlotsShmemInit(void);
 /* management of individual slots */
 extern void ReplicationSlotCreate(const char *name, bool db_specific,
 								  ReplicationSlotPersistency persistency,
-								  bool two_phase, bool failover,
+								  bool two_phase, bool repack, bool failover,
 								  bool synced);
 extern void ReplicationSlotPersist(void);
 extern void ReplicationSlotDrop(const char *name, bool nowait);
-- 
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