Commit 0aa8a01d04 extends the output plugin API to allow decoding of
prepared xacts and allowed the user to enable/disable the two-phase option
via pg_logical_slot_get_changes(). This can lead to a problem such that
the first time when it gets changes via pg_logical_slot_get_changes()
without two_phase option enabled it will not get the prepared even though
prepare is after consistent snapshot. Now next time during getting changes,
if the two_phase option is enabled it can skip prepare because by that
time start decoding point has been moved. So the user will only get commit
prepared.
Allow to enable/disable this option at the create slot time and default
will be false. It will break the existing slots which is fine in a major
release.
Author: Ajin Cherian
Reviewed-by: Amit Kapila and Vignesh C
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/d0f60d60-133d-bf8d-bd70-47784d8fabf3@enterprisedb.com
Commit 5a3574d7b3 added the test for decoding of two-phase transactions
during the build of a consistent snapshot. The test forgot to skip empty
xacts which can lead to decoding of extra empty transactions due to
background activity by autovacuum.
Per report by buildfarm.
Reported-by: Tom Lane
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/363512.1610171267@sss.pgh.pa.us
Amit Kapila