Re: [PATCH] Exponential backoff for auth_delay

On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 2:15 PM Jacob Champion
<jacob.champion@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
> I think solutions for case 1 and case 2 are necessarily at odds under
> the current design, if auth_delay relies on slot exhaustion to do its
> work effectively. Weakening that on purpose doesn't make much sense to
> me; if a DBA is uncomfortable with the DoS implications then I'd argue
> they need a different solution. (Which we could theoretically
> implement, but it's not my intention to sign you up for that. :D )

The thread got quiet, and I'm nervous that I squashed it unintentionally. :/

Is there consensus on whether the backoff is useful, even without the
host tracking? (Or, alternatively, is the host tracking helpful in a
way I'm not seeing?) Failing those, is there a way forward that could
make it useful in the future?

--Jacob