Only here I found explicit mention that recovery.signal will be
removed: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/continuous-archiving.html#BACKUP-PITR-RECOVERY
see p8.
On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 10:06 AM PG Doc comments form
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> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/runtime-config-wal.html
> Description:
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> Hello.
> On the page
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-wal.html
> Actual:
> >To start the server in targeted recovery mode, create a file called
> recovery.signal in the data directory. If both standby.signal and
> recovery.signal files are created, standby mode takes precedence. Targeted
> recovery mode ends when the archived WAL is fully replayed, or when
> recovery_target is reached. In this mode, the parameters from both this
> section and Section 20.5.6 will be used.
>
> Expected:
> >To start the server in targeted recovery mode, create a file called
> recovery.signal in the data directory. If both standby.signal and
> recovery.signal files are created, standby mode takes precedence. Targeted
> recovery mode ends and recovery.signal file is removed when the archived WAL
> is fully replayed, or when recovery_target is reached. In this mode, the
> parameters from both this section and Section 20.5.6 will be used. File
> 'recovery.signal' is not removed when `recovery_target_action` is
> *shutdown*.
>
> Overall I did not find page where I can read about all types of *.signal
> files and how to deal with them.