pg_cron: cron.schedule_in_database is working without pg_hba.conf entry for my user "monitor" (superuser)? See below. I always thought there must be an pg_hba.conf entry for the user? sh-4.4$ cat pg_hba.conf # Do not edit this file manually! # It will be overwritten by Patroni! local all "postgres" peer hostssl replication "_crunchyrepl" all cert hostssl "postgres" "_crunchyrepl" all cert host all "_crunchyrepl" all reject host all "ccp_monitoring" "127.0.0.0/8" scram-sha-256 host all "ccp_monitoring" "::1/128" scram-sha-256 host all "ccp_monitoring" all reject hostssl all all all md5 sh-4.4$ fgrep socket postgresql.conf unix_socket_directories = '/tmp/postgres' sh-4.4$ fgrep cron.host postgresql.conf cron.host = '/tmp/postgres' sh-4.4$ psql -U monitor cmppgdb001 psql: error: connection to server on socket "/tmp/postgres/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: FATAL: no pg_hba.conf entry for host "[local]", user "monitor", database "cmppgdb001", no encryption sh-4.4$ psql psql (14.3) Type "help" for help. postgres=# \c cmppgdb001 monitor connection to server on socket "/tmp/postgres/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: FATAL: no pg_hba.conf entry for host "[local]", user "monitor", database "cmppgdb001", no encryption Previous connection kept postgres=# \c cmppgdb001 You are now connected to database "cmppgdb001" as user "postgres". cmppgdb001=# set session authorization monitor; SET cmppgdb001=# create table t1 (i int); CREATE TABLE cmppgdb001=# \dt List of relations Schema | Name | Type | Owner --------+-----------------+-------+---------- public | spatial_ref_sys | table | postgres public | t1 | table | monitor (2 rows) cmppgdb001=# reset session authorization; RESET cmppgdb001=# \c postgres You are now connected to database "postgres" as user "postgres". postgres=# select * from cron.job; jobid | schedule | command | nodename | nodeport | database | username | active | jobname -------+----------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+--------+--------- (0 rows) postgres=# select cron.schedule_in_database ('my-test','* * * * *','update t1 set i = i + 1','cmppgdb001','monitor',true); schedule_in_database ---------------------- 3 (1 row) postgres=# select * from cron.job; jobid | schedule | command | nodename | nodeport | database | username | active | jobname -------+-----------+-------------------------+---------------+----------+------------+----------+--------+--------- 3 | * * * * * | update t1 set i = i + 1 | /tmp/postgres | 5432 | cmppgdb001 | monitor | t | my-test (1 row) postgres=# select * from cron.job_run_details; jobid | runid | job_pid | database | username | command | status | return_message | start_time | end_time -------+-------+---------+------------+----------+-------------------------+-----------+----------------+-------------------------------+------------------------------- 3 | 34 | 270145 | cmppgdb001 | monitor | update t1 set i = i + 1 | succeeded | UPDATE 0 | 2023-03-20 17:39:01.016343+01 | 2023-03-20 17:39:02.023517+01 (1 row) |