sorry i don't follow. the server will stay in recovery mode as long as a recovery.conf file exists and the host is set up to receive xlogs via streaming from the master. this seems to be the case according to the logs, if i am not wrong. what it is you want to happen? the server to stop applying records and come online in r/w mode? in this case you could promote the server. or if you want just to apply some wal files and then come online then i think you have misconfigured your recovery.conf. i would suggest you paste here what your recovery.conf contains and what the objective is Best, -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.nabble.com/WAL-replay-asking-for-very-old-WAL-tp5891050p5891074.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - admin mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin