On Sun, 2024-11-10 at 15:05 +0000, Murthy Nunna wrote: > So, in the test case that Fujii sent, the server crashed during backup so it was safe to remove "backup_label". > > However, in case of a completed exclusive backup, if you remove "backup_label" and then try to bring up server > using the same backed up data as PGDATA, then you will have corrupted server. I get it. > > In my humble opinion with respect to all, if this is the only reason (removing "backup_label" thus introducing > corruption) for removing exclusive backups, I think it is an oversight by the Postgres Development Group > approving this change. The other reason is that in this day of automation it is unappealing that there is a case where a crashed server cannot start without manual intervention. And automating the removal of "backup_label" is not a good idea... But I see your point, and I argued similarly when the exclusive backup mode was removed. However, the majority disagreed. See the discussion in https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/ac7339ca-3718-3c93-929f-99e725d1172c%40pgmasters.net Yours, Laurenz Albe
