Re: [HACKERS] logical rep worker for table sync can start and stopvery frequently unexpectedly

On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 2:05 AM, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I observed $subject when I ran the following steps.
>
> 1. start the publisher server
> 2. start the subscriber server
> 3. create table with primary key and publication for it
> 4. insert several records into the table
> 5. create table with primary key and subscription
> 6. wait for table sync to finish
> 7. drop the subscription and recreate the subscription
>
> Then the launcher starts the worker, and the worker starts
> another worker for table sync. But that worker for table sync
> exits immediately because of primary key violation.
> Then the worker tries to start new worker for table sync immediately
> and it also exits immediately because of primary key violation.
> This sequence repeats very fast...
>
> Attached is the script that I used to reproduce the issue.
>

I encountered the same situation[1] and am proposing to put interval
of launching table sync worker after failed to attempt.

[1] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAD21AoDCnyRJDUY%3DESVVe68AukvOP2dFomTeBFpAd1TiFbjsGg%40mail.gmail.com

Regards,

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