From e543906e217509ad95c1e341de4e874f027f871b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alvaro Herrera Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2021 11:31:57 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Document default and changeability of log_startup_progress_interval MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Review for 9ce346eabf35. Author: Álvaro Herrera Reviewed-by: Robert Haas Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/202110292123.bnf6axcp27vx@alvherre.pgsql --- doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index de77f14573..3f806740d5 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -6562,15 +6562,21 @@ local0.* /var/log/postgresql Sets the amount of time after which the startup process will log a message about a long-running operation that is still in progress, as well as the interval between further progress messages for that - operation. This setting is applied separately to each operation. + operation. The default is 10 seconds. A setting of 0 + disables the feature. If this value is specified without units, + it is taken as milliseconds. This setting is applied separately to + each operation. + This parameter can only be set in the postgresql.conf + file or on the server command line. + + + For example, if syncing the data directory takes 25 seconds and thereafter resetting unlogged relations takes 8 seconds, and if this setting has the default value of 10 seconds, then a messages will be logged for syncing the data directory after it has been in progress for 10 seconds and again after it has been in progress for 20 seconds, but nothing will be logged for resetting unlogged operations. - A setting of 0 disables the feature. If this value - is specified without units, it is taken as milliseconds.