PGNexus Daily News PostgreSQL Hackers Email Discussion Highlights Use WALReadFromBuffers in more places <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Use%20WALReadFromBuffers%20in%...> Bharath Rupireddy posted v7 patches addressing two issues raised by Michael Paquier in the "Use WALReadFromBuffers in more places" thread. The first concern was that unconditional… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Use%20WALReadFromBuffers%20in%...> Changing shared_buffers without restart <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Changing%20shared_buffers%20wi...> Palak Chaturvedi responds to Yuhang Qiu's review of patches 0010 and 0011 for dynamically changing shared_buffers without a restart. Two bugs are addressed: First, MADV_REMOVE cal… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Changing%20shared_buffers%20wi...> BgBufferSync(): clarification about reusable_buffers variable <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=BgBufferSync()%3A%20clarificat...> A patch refactoring the `reusable_buffers` increment logic in `BgBufferSync()` is under review. The change hoists `reusable_buffers++` out of two conditional branches, making the… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=BgBufferSync()%3A%20clarificat...> PGQ catalog representation and pg_dump support <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=PGQ%20catalog%20representation...> The discussion concerns the PGQ catalog representation and pg_dump support feature. Melanie Plageman proposed reverting the changes in PostgreSQL 19, citing unresolved issues that… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=PGQ%20catalog%20representation...> REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) backend waits indefinitely when decoding worker fails to start <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=REPACK%20(CONCURRENTLY)%20back...> A bug is being fixed where a REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) backend hangs indefinitely when its decoding worker fails to start. The discussion centers on the v3 patch by Bharath Rupireddy.… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=REPACK%20(CONCURRENTLY)%20back...> pg_upgrade_replica: avoid full re-clone of standbys after pg_upgrade <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=pg_upgrade_replica%3A%20avoid%...> The thread concerns a proposed tool, pg_upgrade_replica, designed to avoid full re-cloning of standbys after pg_upgrade by leveraging pg_basebackup --incremental and pg_combinebac… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=pg_upgrade_replica%3A%20avoid%...> Click here for the full Hacker discussion highlights <https://pgnexus.ai/daily-updates?file=2026-09-07-postgresql-daily-news-262.m...> Social Media Updates linkedin pgwatch v6 is out in beta, and its three headline changes are all the same move: stop running one of everything. <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Ffeed%2F...> pgwatch v6 has entered beta, with three major architectural changes all centered on the same principle: avoid running redundant instances of components. A key example of this opti… linkedin Scalefield Secure gathers audit trails from Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, PGEE, and DB2, compresses them for long term retention, and turns them into dashboards and reports built for auditors. <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> Scalefield Secure collects audit trails from major database platforms including Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, PGEE, and DB2. It compresses this data for long-term retention and… linkedin AI needs context to understand how your business actually runs. <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> AI requires business context to deliver reliable, relevant results. An upcoming webinar will demonstrate how Genie Ontology builds that context by connecting business terms, entit… Want to stay up to date with the PostgreSQL community and industry news? Visit PGNexus <https://pgnexus.ai> to learn more