Hi, On 2023-11-20 14:18:15 -0700, David G. Johnston wrote: > On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 1:37 PM Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> wrote: > > > > > Given that, I wonder if what we should do is to just add a new field to > > pg_control that says "error out if backup_label does not exist", that we > > set > > when creating a streaming base backup > > > > > I thought this was DOA since we don't want to ever leave the cluster in a > state where a crash requires intervention to restart.
I was trying to suggest that we'd set the field in-memory, when streaming out a pg_basebackup style backup (by just replacing pg_control with an otherwise identical file that has the flag set). So it'd not have any effect on the primary. Greetings, Andres Freund
