"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Monday, May 17, 2021, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> It looks like it won't be started if you set >> max_logical_replication_workers = 0. > I was wondering about that. Would you mind posting a link to the code > where that is checked? I actually looked though admittedly not that hard. See ApplyLauncherRegister() in src/backend/replication/logical/launcher.c. That's called from PostmasterMain(). It doesn't actually *launch* the process, but it creates the background worker record that causes it to be started a little later. regards, tom lane