Re: Is txid_status() actually safe? / What is 011_crash_recovery.pl testing?

On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 4:52 PM Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> wrote:
> The 011_crash_recovery.pl test test starts a transaction, creates a
> table, fetches the transaction's xid. Then shuts down the server in
> immediate mode. It then asserts that after crash recovery the previously
> assigned xid is shown as aborted, and that new xids are assigned after
> the xid.
>
> But as far as I can tell there's no guarantee that that is the case.

I think you are right.

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Robert Haas
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