=?UTF-8?Q?Hannes_K=c3=bchtreiber?= <h.kuehtreiber@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > We have tried logical replication in a test-setup, and it appears to > work fine. > However, the following statement keeps running: > SELECT pg_catalog.set_config('search_path', '', false); What makes you think it "keeps running"? It looks to me like the replication client does that and then goes about its business: > 2021-05-17 16:08:03.595 CEST -usztestlogrepsub@10.139.0.41 <mailto:usztestlogrepsub@10.139.0.41>: LOG: statement: SELECT pg_catalog.set_config('search_path', '', false); > 2021-05-17 16:08:03.596 CEST -usztestlogrepsub@10.139.0.41 <mailto:usztestlogrepsub@10.139.0.41>: LOG: received replication command: IDENTIFY_SYSTEM Admittedly, since you seem to have omitted the PID from your log_line_prefix, it's hard to be 100% sure that these log entries are from the same process. But I bet they are. The standard walreceiver definitely does things this way. In short, I think there's nothing to see here. regards, tom lane