Re: backtrace_on_internal_error

On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 12:40 PM Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 05, 2023 at 11:55:05AM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > Would others find this useful?
>
> Yes.  I think I would use this pretty frequently.

I think we should consider unconditionally emitting a backtrace when
an elog() is hit, instead of requiring a GUC. Or at least any elog()
that's not at a DEBUGn level. If the extra output annoys anybody, that
means they're regularly hitting an elog(), and it ought to be promoted
to ereport().

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Robert Haas
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