Improve errmsg for publication membership
# Technical Analysis: Improve errmsg for Publication Membership ## Core Problem This is a minor grammatical consistency fix in PostgreSQL's error message infrastructure. Two error messages in the l...
# Technical Analysis: Improve errmsg for Publication Membership ## Core Problem This is a minor grammatical consistency fix in PostgreSQL's error message infrastructure. Two error messages in the l...
# Add Per-Backend Lock Statistics: Technical Analysis ## Core Problem PostgreSQL 17 introduced global lock statistics via commit `4019f725f5d`, exposed through the `pg_stat_lock` view. This provides...
# SERVICEFILE Shows Wrong File After Servicefile Fallback ## Core Problem This bug report identifies a logical inconsistency in libpq's service file resolution mechanism, specifically in how the `S...
# BM_IO_ERROR Flag Lost in TerminateBufferIO Due to UnlockBufHdrExt Order of Operations ## Core Problem This thread identifies a subtle but significant bug in PostgreSQL's buffer I/O completion log...
## Grease Failure Reporting Process — New Discussion The new messages introduce a concrete proposal for **how grease-induced failures should be reported back to the PostgreSQL community**. This is a ...
# Monthly Summary: Fix DROP PROPERTY GRAPH "unsupported object class" error — May 2026 ## Problem Statement PostgreSQL's SQL/PGQ Property Graph feature (authored by Peter Eisentraut) introduces cata...
# pg_createsubscriber: Allow Duplicate Publication Names ## Core Problem `pg_createsubscriber` is a utility that converts a physical standby into a logical replica by creating subscriptions on the ...
# Deep Technical Analysis: Deep Copy with Mutation in PostgreSQL Tree Walkers ## Core Problem PostgreSQL's query processing pipeline frequently needs to create modified copies of expression trees (...
## Incremental Update: v3 Patch Submitted and Marked Ready for Committer ### v3 Patch Design The author (JoongHyuk) submitted v3 addressing the regression identified in the previous round. The key d...
# BUG: Accessing Temporary Tables of Other Sessions via Relation Extension Path ## Core Problem PostgreSQL's temporary table isolation has a gap in its enforcement mechanism. Two prior commits (409...
# Deep Technical Analysis: Soft DROP TABLE / Recoverable Drops for PostgreSQL ## Core Problem `DROP TABLE` in PostgreSQL is an irreversible DDL operation that permanently removes the relation's hea...
## Incremental Update: TOCTOU Patch v2 Arrives, Jeff Davis Raises Spurious Error Concern ### New Development: Bertrand's TOCTOU Protection Patch (0002 replacement) With patch 0001 committed and back...
# Extended Statistics Improvement: Multi-Column MCV Missing Values — May 2026 Summary ## Problem Statement PostgreSQL's extended statistics system wastes multi-column MCV information when a queried ...
# Technical Analysis: pg_get_table_ddl() for CREATE TABLE Statement Reconstruction ## Core Problem PostgreSQL has incrementally built a family of DDL-reconstruction functions (`pg_get_database_ddl`...
## Incremental Update: v2 Patch and Michael Paquier's Editorial Feedback ### What's New Two new messages advance the discussion: 1. **moali.pg** posted **v2 of the patch**, adopting Sami Imseih's r...
## Incremental Update: v6 Patch and Ready for Committer Status This round contains no new technical substance. The only changes are: 1. **OID renumbering (v6):** Shinya Kato moved the catalog OIDs f...
# Technical Analysis: Fix for Hangul Syllable Composition Bug in Unicode Normalization ## Core Problem PostgreSQL's Unicode normalization implementation contains a subtle off-by-one error in its Ha...
## Incremental Update: Scope Expansion Questions Two new messages advance the discussion by raising questions about **completeness of coverage** — whether the patch should instrument additional loggi...
## Incremental Update: Fix Bug of CHECK Constraint Enforceability Recursion ### Summary of New Developments The patch has progressed from v3 to v7. A new participant (Zsolt Parragi from Percona) joi...
# Fix \crosstabview to Honor \pset display_true/display_false ## Technical Problem PostgreSQL 19 introduced a new psql feature (commit 645cb44c5) that allows users to customize how boolean values a...
## Incremental Update: Fujita Submits Revised `remotely_inherited` Patch (v2) Etsuro Fujita has responded to hukutoc's patch set with a revised version of his back-patchable solution, explicitly prio...
# BackgroundPsql Swallowing Errors on Windows: Deep Technical Analysis ## Core Problem The PostgreSQL TAP testing infrastructure relies on `BackgroundPsql.pm` to maintain long-running `psql` sessio...
# Technical Analysis: Clarifying `ssl_groups` Parameter Documentation for Post-Quantum Key Exchange ## Core Problem PostgreSQL 18 introduced the `ssl_groups` GUC parameter to replace the older `ssl...
## May 2026 Monthly Report — Incremental Update This is Alexander Lakhin's latest monthly buildfarm failure report (May 2026 data). It follows the established format with no structural changes to met...
## New in this round: varId encoding decision settled, Jian's executor questions answered, empty-pattern rationale documented ### 1. varId Encoding: Option (3) Chosen — Reserve 16 Control Codes at 0x...
# CREATE TABLE LIKE INCLUDING PRIVILEGES — Technical Analysis ## Core Problem The `CREATE TABLE ... LIKE` statement in PostgreSQL allows copying a table's structure (columns, constraints, indexes, ...
# Vacuumlo Improvements — May 2026 Summary ## Overview A critical correctness bug was identified in `vacuumlo`: the tool silently skips columns typed as domains over `oid` or `lo`, causing it to inc...
# Init Connection Time Grows Quadratically: Technical Analysis ## Core Problem The thread investigates a surprising performance characteristic: PostgreSQL's initial connection time (ICT) — the time ...
## Incremental Update: 2026-06-01 ### Author Response to Review and Viability Concerns Atsushi Torikoshi responded to both the commitfest review bug report (from Ilmar Yunusov) and the strategic via...
## Update: Patch Committed The patch has been pushed to the repository. No new technical discussion or design changes occurred — the thread concluded with administrative tracking and commit confirmat...
# Technical Analysis: Use ssup_datum_*_cmp for int2, oid, and oid8 Sort Support ## Core Problem PostgreSQL's tuplesort infrastructure includes a radix sort fast path (commit ef3c3cf6d02) that provid...
## Incremental Update: PostgreSQL 19 Beta 1 Announcement Draft (Round 2) ### Summary of New Developments The thread progressed with several new feature inclusion requests, a terminology correction, ...
## Incremental Update: v4 Patch Posted and Approved ### Summary Sawada posted v4 of the patch incorporating the remaining minor fixes identified in the prior review round. Evan confirmed he's satisf...
## Incremental Update: DBeaver Connection Timeouts Thread ### What's New The thread saw three new messages (June 1, 2026), but contains **no substantive technical progress** toward resolution and re...
## Incremental Update: Semi/Anti Join Bug Fix Committed The semi/anti join bug identified in the prior analysis has now been resolved and committed. ### The Fix Richard Guo's fix is surgically targ...
# Technical Analysis: Regression Tests for B-tree Skip Scan Support Functions ## Core Problem PostgreSQL 18 introduced the **B-tree skip scan optimization** (commit 92fe23d93aa), which allows index...
# Centralised Architecture Detection in PostgreSQL ## The Core Problem PostgreSQL's codebase relies on compiler-defined preprocessor macros to detect CPU architecture and conditionally compile archi...
# Interest in Faster Unicode Normalization ## Technical Problem Unicode normalization is a fundamental operation in PostgreSQL's text processing pipeline. It is required for: 1. **Collation correc...
## Commit Confirmation Michael Paquier has committed the fix as `273a3c77615e`. This closes the thread with the single-character correction (`args[0]` → `args[1]`) now applied to the tree. No further...
## Incremental Update: v2 Patch Submitted (Regression Test Fixes) Lucas Jeffrey posted a v2 of the patch on 2026-06-01, stating it fixes failing regression tests that were detected after the initial ...
## Incremental Update: New Responses and Emerging Disagreement Three new messages since the prior analysis, introducing a notable counter-position from a senior contributor. ### Summary of New Activ...
## Incremental Update: Review Comment from Ajin Cherian A new reviewer (Ajin Cherian, Fujitsu Australia) has provided brief feedback on the patch. The technical substance is minimal: ### New Point R...
## Round Update: v44/v45 Posted, Naming Settled, New Bugs Surface This round sees significant progress on multiple fronts: naming conventions finalized per Amit's direction, patches v44 and v45 poste...
# pg_stat_statements: Normalization Bug with `+` Signs in FETCH/MOVE ## Core Problem The `pg_stat_statements` extension incorrectly normalizes queries containing a `+` sign before integer constants...
## Incremental Update: Review Progress on Patch 0001 (Property Graph Object Descriptions) The only substantive activity since the last analysis concerns **Patch 0001** (making property graph object d...
## Incremental Update: Peter Eisentraut's Response No substantive technical progress in this round. Peter Eisentraut's message is a brief acknowledgment/endorsement ("This all sounds entirely reasona...
## Incremental Update: June 1, 2026 ### Summary Robert Haas returns with a substantive review comment and proposes a novel alternative/complementary approach to join search space pruning. Tomas Vond...
# Monthly Summary: Problems with toast.* reloptions (May 2026) ## Overview This thread reached a critical juncture in May 2026, with Nathan Bossart's investigation revealing that `toast.*` reloption...
# Allow Table AMs to Define Their Own Reloptions ## Core Problem PostgreSQL's Table Access Method (TAM) API, introduced in PostgreSQL 12, allows custom storage engines to be plugged in as alternativ...
# postgres_fdw: Emit Message When batch_size is Reduced ## Core Problem In PostgreSQL's `postgres_fdw` (the foreign data wrapper for connecting to remote PostgreSQL servers), users can configure a ...
# Technical Analysis: MSVC Predefined Architecture Macros and __x86_64__ ## Core Problem Tom Lane identified a latent portability and correctness issue in PostgreSQL's preprocessor-based architectur...
## Incremental Update: New Discussion on Wait Point Detection Without PGPROC The thread has advanced with a focused sub-discussion on **how to detect that a wait point has been reached** when there i...
## Incremental Update: v6 Patch Posted with Minor Fix ### Summary Jian He responded to Zsolt Parragi's review comment with a brief acknowledgment ("OK.") and posted what appears to be a v6 patch inc...
## Incremental Update: Thread Progresses Toward Merged Resolution ### Summary Michael Paquier (committer) acknowledged the original patches, identified two additional leak sites, and produced a v2 p...
## Incremental Update: June 1–3, 2026 ### Minimal Substantive Progress Only two new messages appeared since the last analysis, neither introducing significant new technical content: **1. Hou Zhijie...
## New in this round: Lakshmi Krishnamurthy responds to Zsolt's review with design clarification ### Author's response (2026-06-04) Lakshmi (jian.universality@gmail.com) responds to Zsolt Parragi's ...
## Incremental Analysis: Root Cause Confirmed, Fix Strategy Agreed ### Summary of Progress The thread has moved from initial bug report to full root cause identification, a proposed patch, expert re...
# DOCS - Missing SGML Markup in ALTER PUBLICATION Examples ## Core Problem This thread addresses a trivial documentation defect in the PostgreSQL documentation source files. Specifically, some exam...
## Incremental Update: Review Feedback and Series Reordering Discussion ### Summary The thread received substantive review feedback from two reviewers (Sami Imseih and Michael Paquier), leading the ...
## Incremental Update: Second Reviewer Acknowledgment No substantive technical progress since the last analysis. Hou Zhijie (houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com) replied confirming the fix looks good to him as we...
## Incremental Update: Backpatching Discussion and Test Decision ### What's New Fujii Masao's latest message introduces two new points: 1. **Decision against adding regression tests**: Fujii agrees...
## Incremental Update: Fix Race in ReplicationSlotRelease for Ephemeral Slots ### Main Patch Committed Fujii committed the original fix for the ephemeral slot race condition. He decided **against** ...
## Incremental Update: Both Patches Committed Dean Rasheed confirms both patches (regr_r2 and regr_intercept overflow/underflow fixes) have been pushed to HEAD on 2026-06-03. No further technical dis...
## Incremental Update: v7a-v8 Patches, Test Performance Analysis, and Fork Security Resolution ### Major Technical Progress #### Andres's Large Incremental Patch (v7a series, June 1) Andres posted...
# Monthly Summary: Make printtup a bit faster (May 2026) ## Overview After a two-year hiatus (2024–2026), this thread reached design consensus in May 2026. The long-standing debate over how to elimi...
# Monthly Summary: Cross-type integer operator support for btree_gist (May 2026) ## Overview This thread proposes adding cross-type operator family entries to `btree_gist` for integer types (int2, i...
## Incremental Update: Paquier Concedes on Callbacks, Refines `shared_size` Semantics Michael Paquier responds with a concession on the callback columns and a new technical suggestion about `shared_s...
# Commit Sequence Numbers and Visibility: Deep Technical Analysis ## Core Problem PostgreSQL's current snapshot mechanism is built on the **procarray** — a shared-memory structure listing all active...
## Refined Root Cause: Authentication-Phase Shutdown, Not `ready_to_display` Race The prior analysis hypothesized the race was about `ready_to_display` being set before the walreceiver entered its ma...
## Incremental Analysis: v5 Patch Addressing All Review Feedback ### Summary Mohamed Ali responded to all five of Zsolt Parragi's review objections with a comprehensive v5 patch that fixes both logi...
## Round Update: Peter Smith Reviews v8 Patches; Nisha Posts v9; Zsolt Parragi Finds Two Bugs in Schema EXCEPT Validation ### Key Technical Activity This round contains Peter Smith's review of Nisha...
## No Substantive Technical Progress The only new message is from Masahiko Sawada confirming the administrative action of moving the open item to "Non-bugs" status, as previously proposed. This is a ...
# Technical Analysis: Add autovacuum_warning to Surface Concurrent Vacuum Collisions ## Core Problem PostgreSQL's autovacuum system has a significant observability gap between "everything is fine" ...
## Incremental Analysis: Memory Boundedness Concern for TID Deduplication Two new participants engage with the patch, with Matthias van de Meent raising a fundamental correctness/resource concern abo...
## Incremental Update: Patch v2 Posted, Critical Race Condition Identified ### Major Development: Protocol Extension Approach (Not Version Bump) Nathan Bossart posted a concrete patch (v2) implement...
## Incremental Update: v13 Review and DML Limitation Discovered ### New External Review (Ilmar Yunusov) A new reviewer tested v13 of the patch series (based on Amit's 2026-05-29 posting) and provide...
# Monthly Summary: Add pg_get_publication_ddl Function — May 2026 ## Overview This thread progressed significantly in May 2026, moving from an initial v1 patch with multiple bugs to a substantially ...
## Incremental Analysis: Clang Bug Root Cause Confirmed and Version Bounds Established ### Key Development: Minimal Reproducer and Definitive Version Pinning Greg has made significant progress on th...
# SLOPE: Planner Optimizations on Monotonic Expressions — May 2026 Summary ## Overview The SLOPE patch enables PostgreSQL's planner to recognize that monotonic transformations of indexed columns pre...
# Monthly Summary: Assertion Failure in LATERAL GRAPH_TABLE with Multi-label Pattern (May 2026) ## Overview A bug was reported and fixed in PostgreSQL's SQL/PGQ `GRAPH_TABLE` implementation where a ...
## Incremental Update: Provenances Discussion Continues (June 1, 2026) The new messages continue the theoretical discussion around Robert Haas's "provenances" proposal from the prior analysis. The co...
## New Developments Since Last Analysis ### New Reviewer Challenge: History-Based Matching as Alternative Kyotaro Horiguchi raised a design-level question: could the existing timeline history inform...
# Technical Analysis: [PATCH] doc: explain database-wide impact of old xmin on VACUUM ## Core Problem This thread addresses a documentation gap in PostgreSQL regarding how a single old transaction's...
## Incremental Update: v2 Patch Series (Hash Join-Local Bloom Filters) and Architectural Discussion ### Major Development: v2 Patch Series — Bloom Filters Within Hash Join Scope Tomas Vondra posted ...
## Technical Analysis: Use TEXT_DUMP_HEADER Macro Instead of Hard-Coded String in pg_backup_archiver.c ### Core Problem In PostgreSQL's backup/restore infrastructure (`pg_backup_archiver.c`), the f...
## Incremental Update: Report Oldest Xmin Source — Debate Shifts to Log vs. SQL View ### Summary A significant architectural debate has emerged about whether the blocker information belongs in VACUU...
## Incremental Update: Errata Fix to Key Join Paper (Section 7.4.13) No substantive technical progress in this round. The new messages are minor errata corrections to the key join paper/specification...
# Analysis: Refactor and Unify Expression Construction Functions in makefuncs.c ## Core Problem The patch author identified what they perceived as redundant code in `makefuncs.c` — specifically, se...
# Wrong unsafe-flag test in check_output_expressions() ## Technical Problem This thread addresses a subtle bug in PostgreSQL's query optimizer, specifically in the `check_output_expressions()` func...
## Incremental Update: Review of v3-0001 (In-Transaction Flush) — Architectural Debate on pgstat Flush Design ### What's New The discussion has shifted focus to the **foundational patch 0001** (`pg_...
# Technical Analysis: Use ereport() instead of elog() for invalid weights in setweight() ## Core Problem The `setweight()` function in PostgreSQL's full-text search subsystem (`tsvector_op.c`) uses...
## Incremental Update: Patch Posted Jakob Egger has posted an initial patch implementing glob support. Two new developments: ### 1. Patch Submitted (v1) Jakob shared a concrete implementation. Key ...
## Incremental Update: Michael Paquier's Response Michael Paquier (a committer) responds with two substantive contributions: 1. **Historical context**: He suggests the obsolete `tupDesc` assignment ...
# Fix Column Privileges for pg_subscription.subwalrcvtimeout ## Core Problem When the `subwalrcvtimeout` column was added to the `pg_subscription` system catalog (commit fb80f38), the corresponding ...
# Monthly Summary: synchronized_standby_slots Behavior Inconsistent with Quorum-Based Synchronous Replication (May 2026) ## Overview This thread addresses a fundamental availability mismatch in Post...
# Umbra: A Remap-Aware smgr Prototype on PostgreSQL Master ## Executive Summary Umbra is a proof-of-concept alternative storage manager (smgr) implementation for PostgreSQL that decouples logical pa...
# Race Conditions in Logical Decoding: CLOG vs Snapshot Consistency ## The Core Problem This thread exposes a fundamental race condition in PostgreSQL's logical decoding infrastructure that can caus...
# Monthly Summary: Broken macOS Universal/Intel Builds — cpuid Instruction Not Available (May 2026) ## Overview A build regression introduced by the centralization of x86 CPU feature detection in Po...
# Technical Analysis: Use Streaming Read I/O When Enabling Data Checksums Online ## Core Problem PostgreSQL's online checksum enablement feature (which allows enabling data checksums on a running c...
# Analysis: Advance restart_lsn More Eagerly in LogicalConfirmReceivedLocation ## Core Problem This thread is a brief post-commit follow-up regarding a patch that was already pushed to PostgreSQL. T...
# Monthly Summary: (SQL/PGQ) cache lookup failed for label — May 2026 ## Overview A dependency-tracking bug in PostgreSQL's SQL/PGQ (Property Graph Queries) implementation was reported, diagnosed, p...
## Incremental Update: New Patch Set Reordering Strategy ### Key Development Nathan posted a new patch set (2026-06-03) that reflects a strategic reordering of the work: 1. **0001**: Removes PQfn()...
# Optimize RelfilenumberMapInvalidateCallback for Logical Decoding Performance ## Core Problem The thread addresses a significant performance bottleneck in PostgreSQL's logical decoding (walsender)...