-- predictability SET synchronous_commit = on; -- fail because we're creating a slot while in an xact with xid BEGIN; SELECT pg_current_xact_id() = '0'; ?column? ---------- f (1 row) SELECT 'init' FROM pg_create_logical_replication_slot('regression_slot', 'test_decoding'); ERROR: cannot create logical replication slot in transaction that has performed writes ROLLBACK; -- fail because we're creating a slot while in a subxact whose topxact has an xid BEGIN; SELECT pg_current_xact_id() = '0'; ?column? ---------- f (1 row) SAVEPOINT barf; SELECT 'init' FROM pg_create_logical_replication_slot('regression_slot', 'test_decoding'); ERROR: cannot create logical replication slot in transaction that has performed writes ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT barf; ROLLBACK; -- succeed, outside tx. SELECT 'init' FROM pg_create_logical_replication_slot('regression_slot', 'test_decoding'); ?column? ---------- init (1 row) SELECT 'stop' FROM pg_drop_replication_slot('regression_slot'); ?column? ---------- stop (1 row) -- succeed, in tx without xid. BEGIN; SELECT 'init' FROM pg_create_logical_replication_slot('regression_slot', 'test_decoding'); ?column? ---------- init (1 row) COMMIT; CREATE TABLE nobarf(id serial primary key, data text); INSERT INTO nobarf(data) VALUES('1'); -- decoding works in transaction with xid BEGIN; SELECT pg_current_xact_id() = '0'; ?column? ---------- f (1 row) -- don't show yet, haven't committed INSERT INTO nobarf(data) VALUES('2'); SELECT data FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL, NULL, 'include-xids', '0', 'skip-empty-xacts', '1'); data ----------------------------------------------------------- BEGIN table public.nobarf: INSERT: id[integer]:1 data[text]:'1' COMMIT (3 rows) COMMIT; INSERT INTO nobarf(data) VALUES('3'); SELECT data FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL, NULL, 'include-xids', '0', 'skip-empty-xacts', '1'); data ----------------------------------------------------------- BEGIN table public.nobarf: INSERT: id[integer]:2 data[text]:'2' COMMIT BEGIN table public.nobarf: INSERT: id[integer]:3 data[text]:'3' COMMIT (6 rows) -- Decoding works in transaction that issues DDL -- -- We had issues handling relcache invalidations with these, see -- https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/e56be7d9-14b1-664d-0bfc-00ce9772721c@gmail.com CREATE TABLE tbl_created_outside_xact(id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY); BEGIN; -- TRUNCATE changes the relfilenode and sends relcache invalidation TRUNCATE tbl_created_outside_xact; INSERT INTO tbl_created_outside_xact(id) VALUES('1'); -- don't show yet, haven't committed SELECT data FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL, NULL, 'include-xids', '0', 'skip-empty-xacts', '1'); data ------ (0 rows) COMMIT; SELECT data FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL, NULL, 'include-xids', '0', 'skip-empty-xacts', '1'); data -------------------------------------------------------------- BEGIN table public.tbl_created_outside_xact: TRUNCATE: (no-flags) table public.tbl_created_outside_xact: INSERT: id[integer]:1 COMMIT (4 rows) SET debug_logical_replication_streaming = immediate; BEGIN; CREATE TABLE tbl_created_in_xact(id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY); INSERT INTO tbl_created_in_xact VALUES (1); CHECKPOINT; -- Force WAL flush, so that the above changes will be streamed SELECT data FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL, NULL, 'include-xids', '0', 'skip-empty-xacts', '1', 'stream-changes', '1'); data ------------------------------------------ opening a streamed block for transaction streaming change for transaction closing a streamed block for transaction (3 rows) COMMIT; RESET debug_logical_replication_streaming; SELECT data FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL, NULL, 'include-xids', '0', 'skip-empty-xacts', '1'); data --------------------------------------------------------- BEGIN table public.tbl_created_in_xact: INSERT: id[integer]:1 COMMIT (3 rows) SELECT 'stop' FROM pg_drop_replication_slot('regression_slot'); ?column? ---------- stop (1 row)