PostgreSQL Replication Slots

Replication slots are marked as 'inactive' when the replication client connected to the slot disconnects Inactive replication slots cause WAL files to be

A replication slot ensures that the WAL will not go away if the replica lags behind Without a replication slot, a primary will recycle its WAL as soon as it

postgres delete replication slot A physical replication slot prevents a source DB instance from removing WAL data before it's consumed by all read replicas Each read replica has its own

postgres create replication slot It is important to remove unused replication setups, since the underlying replication slots in PostgreSQL forces the server to keep all the data needed to