"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sunday, May 16, 2021, Loles <lolesft@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I don't understand why the server starts that process if I'm not using >> replication of any kind. > It starts the process because at any time someone can execute a “create > subscription” command. If no one does so the amount of time spent > confirming the subscriptions table is empty is trivial. It looks like it won't be started if you set max_logical_replication_workers = 0. regards, tom lane