Re: A test for replay of regression tests

On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 3:43 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com> writes:
> > Seen again today on prairiedog.  Erm, scratch that idea, HS feedback
> > interferes with test results.  I guess max_standby_streaming_delay
> > should be increased to 'forever', like in the attached, since pg_dump
> > runs for a very long time on prairiedog:
>
> FWIW, I'd vote for keeping a finite timeout, but making it say
> ten minutes.  If the thing gets stuck for some reason, you don't
> really want the test waiting forever.  (Some buildfarm animals
> have overall-test-time limits, but I think it's not the default,
> and the behavior when that gets hit is pretty unfriendly anyway
> -- you don't get any report of the run at all.)

Ok, I've set it to 10 minutes.  Thanks.