Re: Changing the state of data checksums in a running cluster

[SATYANARAYANA NARLAPURAM]

Hi Daniel,

On Fri, Apr 3, 2026 at 8:33 AM Daniel Gustafsson <dan...@yesql.se> wrote:

> The attached rebase with a PG_CONTROL_VERSION bump is what I have staged
> for
> later tonight, submitting here to have the (hopefully) final patch
> archived as
> well as another CFBot run.
>

Sorry for the late review. pg_enable/disable_data_checksums() aren't needed
to be run
on the standby. It appears the call would silently register a dynamic
background worker that
could never start , and could unexpectedly fire after promotion.

Please find the attached patch to address this.

Thanks,
Satya

0001-Prevent-pg_enable-disable_data_checksums-on-standby.patch
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