postgresql/contrib
Amit Kapila 9a2f8b4f01 Fix data loss in logical replication.
Data loss can happen when the DDLs like ALTER PUBLICATION ... ADD TABLE ...
or ALTER TYPE ...  that don't take a strong lock on table happens
concurrently to DMLs on the tables involved in the DDL. This happens
because logical decoding doesn't distribute invalidations to concurrent
transactions and those transactions use stale cache data to decode the
changes. The problem becomes bigger because we keep using the stale cache
even after those in-progress transactions are finished and skip the
changes required to be sent to the client.

This commit fixes the issue by distributing invalidation messages from
catalog-modifying transactions to all concurrent in-progress transactions.
This allows the necessary rebuild of the catalog cache when decoding new
changes after concurrent DDL.

We observed performance regression primarily during frequent execution of
*publication DDL* statements that modify the published tables. The
regression is minor or nearly nonexistent for DDLs that do not affect the
published tables or occur infrequently, making this a worthwhile cost to
resolve a longstanding data loss issue.

An alternative approach considered was to take a strong lock on each
affected table during publication modification. However, this would only
address issues related to publication DDLs (but not the ALTER TYPE ...)
and require locking every relation in the database for publications
created as FOR ALL TABLES, which is impractical.

The bug exists in all supported branches, but we are backpatching till 14.
The fix for 13 requires somewhat bigger changes than this fix, so the fix
for that branch is still under discussion.

Reported-by: hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz@depesz.com>
Reported-by: Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@enterprisedb.com>
Author: Shlok Kyal <shlok.kyal.oss@gmail.com>
Author: Hayato Kuroda <kuroda.hayato@fujitsu.com>
Reviewed-by: Zhijie Hou <houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com>
Reviewed-by: Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Benoit Lobréau <benoit.lobreau@dalibo.com>
Backpatch-through: 14
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/de52b282-1166-1180-45a2-8d8917ca74c6@enterprisedb.com
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAD21AoAenVqiMjpN-PvGHL1N9DWnHSq673bfgr6phmBUzx=kLQ@mail.gmail.com
2025-04-10 12:44:11 +05:30
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adminpack Use "data directory" not "current directory" in error messages. 2023-03-16 12:04:08 -04:00
amcheck amcheck: Normalize index tuples containing uncompressed varlena 2024-03-23 23:02:30 +02:00
auth_delay Fix copy-pasto in contrib/auth_delay/meson.build variable name. 2023-04-02 09:31:10 -07:00
auto_explain Pre-beta mechanical code beautification. 2023-05-19 17:24:48 -04:00
basebackup_to_shell Pre-beta mechanical code beautification. 2023-05-19 17:24:48 -04:00
basic_archive Pre-beta mechanical code beautification. 2023-05-19 17:24:48 -04:00
bloom Count contrib/bloom index scans in pgstat view. 2024-11-12 20:57:41 -05:00
bool_plperl Update copyright for 2023 2023-01-02 15:00:37 -05:00
btree_gin btree_gin: Fix calculation of leftmost interval value. 2023-10-29 11:14:36 +00:00
btree_gist Remove useless casts to (void *) in arguments of some system functions 2023-02-07 06:57:59 +01:00
citext Skip citext_utf8 test on Windows. 2024-08-02 10:03:45 +12:00
cube Rework pg_input_error_message(), now renamed pg_input_error_info() 2023-02-28 08:04:13 +09:00
dblink Make dblink interruptible, via new libpqsrv APIs. 2025-04-03 09:33:58 -07:00
dict_int Update copyright for 2023 2023-01-02 15:00:37 -05:00
dict_xsyn Update copyright for 2023 2023-01-02 15:00:37 -05:00
earthdistance contrib/earthdistance: Use SQL-standard function bodies. 2024-12-14 16:07:18 -05:00
file_fdw Improve several permission-related error messages. 2023-03-17 10:33:09 +01:00
fuzzystrmatch Ensure Soundex difference() function handles empty input sanely. 2023-05-16 10:53:42 -04:00
hstore hstore: Tighten key/value parsing check for whitespaces 2023-06-12 09:14:03 +09:00
hstore_plperl Update copyright for 2023 2023-01-02 15:00:37 -05:00
hstore_plpython In hstore_plpython, avoid crashing when return value isn't a mapping. 2023-04-27 11:55:06 -04:00
intagg Update copyright for 2023 2023-01-02 15:00:37 -05:00
intarray Fix integer-overflow problem in intarray's g_int_decompress(). 2024-01-07 15:19:50 -05:00
isn Rework pg_input_error_message(), now renamed pg_input_error_info() 2023-02-28 08:04:13 +09:00
jsonb_plperl Update copyright for 2023 2023-01-02 15:00:37 -05:00
jsonb_plpython Update copyright for 2023 2023-01-02 15:00:37 -05:00
lo Repair incorrect handling of AfterTriggerSharedData.ats_modifiedcols. 2025-01-22 11:58:20 -05:00
ltree Pre-beta mechanical code beautification. 2023-05-19 17:24:48 -04:00
ltree_plpython Update copyright for 2023 2023-01-02 15:00:37 -05:00
oid2name Mark options as deprecated in usage output 2023-03-02 14:36:37 +01:00
old_snapshot Update copyright for 2023 2023-01-02 15:00:37 -05:00
pageinspect Fix contrib/pageinspect's test for sequences. 2024-09-13 10:16:40 -05:00
passwordcheck Update copyright for 2023 2023-01-02 15:00:37 -05:00
pg_buffercache Add pg_buffercache_usage_counts() to contrib/pg_buffercache. 2023-04-07 14:25:53 -04:00
pg_freespacemap Prevent assertion failure in contrib/pg_freespacemap. 2025-03-27 13:20:23 -04:00
pg_prewarm Pre-beta mechanical code beautification. 2023-05-19 17:24:48 -04:00
pg_stat_statements Add missing query ID reporting in extended query protocol 2024-09-18 09:59:19 +09:00
pg_surgery Remove useless casts to (void *) in arguments of some system functions 2023-02-07 06:57:59 +01:00
pg_trgm Fix arrays comparison in CompareOpclassOptions() 2024-11-12 01:53:40 +02:00
pg_visibility Restore smgrtruncate() prototype in back-branches. 2025-01-08 10:46:45 +13:00
pg_walinspect Pre-beta mechanical code beautification. 2023-05-19 17:24:48 -04:00
pgcrypto pgcrypto: Fix check for buffer size 2024-01-30 11:15:46 +01:00
pgrowlocks Adjust the order of the prechecks in pgrowlocks() 2023-10-31 16:42:35 +13:00
pgstattuple Reintroduce support for sequences in pgstattuple and pageinspect. 2024-09-12 16:31:29 -05:00
postgres_fdw Handle default NULL insertion a little better. 2025-01-29 15:31:55 -05:00
seg seg: Add test "security" in meson.build 2024-01-18 10:12:51 +09:00
sepgsql meson: Fix sepgsql installation 2025-01-24 10:55:24 +01:00
spi Update copyright for 2023 2023-01-02 15:00:37 -05:00
sslinfo Update copyright for 2023 2023-01-02 15:00:37 -05:00
start-scripts Remove gratuitous references to postmaster program 2023-01-26 10:48:32 +01:00
tablefunc Update copyright for 2023 2023-01-02 15:00:37 -05:00
tcn Update copyright for 2023 2023-01-02 15:00:37 -05:00
test_decoding Fix data loss in logical replication. 2025-04-10 12:44:11 +05:30
tsm_system_rows Update copyright for 2023 2023-01-02 15:00:37 -05:00
tsm_system_time Update copyright for 2023 2023-01-02 15:00:37 -05:00
unaccent unaccent: Tweak value of PYTHON when building without Python support 2023-09-27 14:41:15 +09:00
uuid-ossp New header varatt.h split off from postgres.h 2023-01-10 05:54:36 +01:00
vacuumlo Update copyright for 2023 2023-01-02 15:00:37 -05:00
xml2 Replace usages of xmlXPathCompile() with xmlXPathCtxtCompile(). 2024-09-15 13:33:09 -04:00
contrib-global.mk Respect TEMP_CONFIG when pg_regress_check and friends are called 2016-02-27 12:28:21 -05:00
Makefile Revert "Rename contrib module basic_archive to basic_wal_module" 2023-01-26 09:13:39 +09:00
meson.build Revert "Rename contrib module basic_archive to basic_wal_module" 2023-01-26 09:13:39 +09:00
README Rename 'gmake' to 'make' in docs and recommended commands 2014-02-12 17:29:19 -05:00

The PostgreSQL contrib tree
---------------------------

This subtree contains porting tools, analysis utilities, and plug-in
features that are not part of the core PostgreSQL system, mainly
because they address a limited audience or are too experimental to be
part of the main source tree.  This does not preclude their
usefulness.

User documentation for each module appears in the main SGML
documentation.

When building from the source distribution, these modules are not
built automatically, unless you build the "world" target.  You can
also build and install them all by running "make all" and "make
install" in this directory; or to build and install just one selected
module, do the same in that module's subdirectory.

Some directories supply new user-defined functions, operators, or
types.  To make use of one of these modules, after you have installed
the code you need to register the new SQL objects in the database
system by executing a CREATE EXTENSION command.  In a fresh database,
you can simply do

    CREATE EXTENSION module_name;

See the PostgreSQL documentation for more information about this
procedure.