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recovery_target_action

A configuration parameter determining an action to be taken when the recovery target is reached

recovery_target_action is a configuration parameter determining an action to be taken when the recovery target is reached

recovery_target_action was added in PostgreSQL 9.5.

Usage

If one of the following recovery targets is set:

  • recovery_target
  • recovery_target_lsn
  • recovery_target_name
  • recovery_target_time
  • recovery_target_xid

the action specified in recovery_target_action will be carried out; this can be one of:

  • pause (the default)
  • promote
  • shutdown

Default value

The default value for recovery_target_action is: pause.

Change history

Note: initially added as action_at_recovery_target, renamed to recovery_target_action in commit b8e33a85).

Examples

Sample log output with a recovery target set and recovery_target_action set to pause:

[2020-12-23 11:12:56 CET]    LOG:  00000: consistent recovery state reached at 0/2000100
[2020-12-23 11:12:56 CET]    LOG:  00000: recovery stopping after reaching consistency
[2020-12-23 11:12:56 CET]    LOG:  00000: pausing at the end of recovery
[2020-12-23 11:12:56 CET]    HINT:  Execute pg_wal_replay_resume() to promote.
[2020-12-23 11:12:56 CET]    LOG:  00000: database system is ready to accept read only connections

Categories

GUC configuration item, Replication

See also

pg_wal_replay_resume()