- Patroni switchover happens in a few seconds - If you use pgbouncer, the client connections don't get dropped. A client that issues a query in that brief window will get an error. - If your clients have retry logic, your users will never notice the failover.
> On Dec 27, 2023, at 10:38 PM, Rajesh Kumar <rajeshkumar.dba09@gmail.com> wrote: > > Do I have to take a downtime of few mns and stop the applications and do a switchover? > > What happens internally when we use the command patronictl switchover? Just that the role is changed? Will it affect incoming connections? > > On Sat, 23 Dec 2023, 23:38 Rajesh Kumar, <rajeshkumar.dba09@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > > Any idea what prerequisite I should follow before I use the command patronictl switchover?