Preventing WAL Growth on Postgres DB Running on AWS RDS

A replication slot represents one specific stream of changes coming from a Postgres database and keeps track of how far a consumer has processed

A PostgreSQL replication slot is a vital feature ensuring the master server retains necessary Write-Ahead Log files, even when replicas

replication slot already exists Replication slots for High Availability A replication slot exists solely on the instance that created it, and PostgreSQL does not replicate it on the standby

replication slot postgres Replication slots are used to safeguard against the premature deletion of WAL segments before they have been applied by the standby server, thus