On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Ludovic Vaugeois-Pepin <ludovicvp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Say, with 9.6.2, a hot_standby fails to connect to a replication slot: > FATAL: could not start WAL streaming: ERROR: replication slot "test3" > does not exist > or > FATAL: could not connect to the primary server: FATAL: the database > system is starting up > > Is there a way to reduce the time it takes until the next attempt? I > assumed, wrongly I think, that this would be wal_retrieve_retry_interval, > but it seems that it won't make a difference. I tried setting it to 3s, but > it seems to take 15s still. Here are two log samples: Could you double-check your configuration? If I set wal_retrieve_retry_interval to 1s on a standby, I am able to see a connection attempt from a WAL receiver happening with this interval of time in the case of repetitive failures. -- Michael -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general