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Commits on Sep 2, 2025

  1. Add max_retention_duration option to subscriptions. 

    This commit introduces a new subscription parameter,
max_retention_duration, aimed at mitigating excessive accumulation of dead
tuples when retain_dead_tuples is enabled and the apply worker lags behind
the publisher.

When the time spent advancing a non-removable transaction ID exceeds the
max_retention_duration threshold, the apply worker will stop retaining
conflict detection information. In such cases, the conflict slot's xmin
will be set to InvalidTransactionId, provided that all apply workers
associated with the subscription (with retain_dead_tuples enabled) confirm
the retention duration has been exceeded.

To ensure retention status persists across server restarts, a new column
subretentionactive has been added to the pg_subscription catalog. This
prevents unnecessary reactivation of retention logic after a restart.

The conflict detection slot will not be automatically re-initialized
unless a new subscription is created with retain_dead_tuples = true, or
the user manually re-enables retain_dead_tuples.

A future patch will introduce support for automatic slot re-initialization
once at least one apply worker confirms that the retention duration is
within the configured max_retention_duration.

Author: Zhijie Hou <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: shveta malik <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Nisha Moond <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Masahiko Sawada <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Dilip Kumar <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Amit Kapila <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/OS0PR01MB5716BE80DAEB0EE2A6A5D1F5949D2@OS0PR01MB5716.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com
    Amit Kapila committed Sep 2, 2025
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