pg_ctl start may return 0 even if the postmaster has been already started on Windows

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ID 4573
Title pg_ctl start may return 0 even if the postmaster has been already started on Windows
CI (CFBot) Needs rebase! Needs rebase since 1 month. Failing since 1 month.
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Stats (from CFBot) Unknown
Topic Bug Fixes
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Created 2023-09-19 02:31:34
Last modified 2025-10-19 10:31:33 (5 hours ago)
Latest email 2025-03-26 08:18:28 (6 months ago)
Status
PG19-3 (2025-11-01 – 2025-11-30): Waiting on Author
PG19-2 (2025-09-01 – 2025-09-30): Moved to different CF
2025-03 (2025-03-01 – 2025-04-08): Moved to different CF
2025-01 (2025-01-01 – 2025-01-31): Moved to different CF
2024-11 (2024-11-01 – 2024-11-30): Moved to different CF
2024-09 (2024-09-01 – 2024-09-30): Moved to different CF
2024-07 (2024-07-01 – 2024-07-31): Moved to different CF
2024-03 (2024-03-01 – 2024-04-08): Moved to different CF
2024-01 (2024-01-01 – 2024-01-31): Moved to different CF
2023-11 (2023-11-01 – 2023-12-04): Moved to different CF
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Authors Kyotaro Horiguchi (horiguti)
Reviewers Hayato Kuroda (ha-kun), Yasir Shah (yasir.hussain.shah.gmail.com)Become reviewer
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pg_ctl start may return 0 even if the postmaster has been already started on Windows
First at 2023-09-07 07:07:36 by "Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu)" <kuroda.hayato at fujitsu.com>
Latest at 2025-03-26 08:18:28 by vignesh C <vignesh21 at gmail.com>
Latest attachment (v6-0001-Improve-pg_ctl-postmaster-process-check-on-Window.patch) at 2024-01-11 08:33:22 from Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota.ntt at gmail.com>
    Attachment (v6-0001-Improve-pg_ctl-postmaster-process-check-on-Window.patch) at 2024-01-11 08:33:22 from Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota.ntt at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v5-0001-Disable-autoruns-for-cmd.exe-on-Windows.patch) at 2023-10-24 08:25:36 from Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota.ntt at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v4-0001-Disable-autoruns-for-cmd.exe-on-Windows.patch) at 2023-10-24 06:00:27 from Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota.ntt at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v3-0001-Disable-autoruns-for-cmd.exe-on-Windows.patch) at 2023-10-23 08:57:19 from "Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu)" <kuroda.hayato at fujitsu.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v2-0001-Disable-autoruns-for-cmd.exe-on-Windows.patch) at 2023-09-22 12:20:56 from "Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu)" <kuroda.hayato at fujitsu.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (0001-Disable-autoruns-for-cmd.exe-on-Windows.patch) at 2023-09-22 07:15:51 from Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota.ntt at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (pg_ctl_waits_for_postmasters_pid_on_windows_3.patch) at 2023-09-19 13:48:55 from "Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu)" <kuroda.hayato at fujitsu.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (pg_ctl_waits_for_postmasters_pid_on_windows_2.patch) at 2023-09-13 06:52:39 from Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota.ntt at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (pg_ctl_waits_for_postmasters_pid_on_windows_2.patch) at 2023-09-08 05:22:09 from Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota.ntt at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (pg_ctl_waits_for_postmasters_pid_on_windows.patch) at 2023-09-08 05:17:16 from Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota.ntt at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (move_checking.patch) at 2023-09-07 10:53:41 from "Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu)" <kuroda.hayato at fujitsu.com> (Patch: Yes)
History
When Who What
2025-10-19 10:31:33 Álvaro Herrera (alvherre) Moved from CF PG19-2 to CF PG19-3
2025-09-04 14:12:19 CFbot Patch needs rebase
2025-09-02 05:11:25 CFbot Patch does not need rebase anymore
2025-07-24 15:44:03 Álvaro Herrera (alvherre) Moved from CF 2025-03 to CF PG19-2
2025-02-17 18:41:33 CFbot Patch needs rebase
2025-02-12 16:03:36 Álvaro Herrera (alvherre) Closed in commitfest 2025-01 with status: Moved to next CF
2024-12-10 06:15:47 Michael Paquier (michael-kun) Closed in commitfest 2024-11 with status: Moved to next CF
2024-10-07 04:24:19 Michael Paquier (michael-kun) Closed in commitfest 2024-09 with status: Moved to next CF
2024-08-01 05:53:45 Corey Huinker (coreyh) Closed in commitfest 2024-07 with status: Moved to next CF
2024-07-16 11:58:19 Yasir Shah (yasir.hussain.shah.gmail.com) New status: Waiting on Author
2024-07-16 11:57:37 Yasir Shah (yasir.hussain.shah.gmail.com) Posted review with messageid <172113105761.344725.7570284373523963080.pgcf@coridan.postgresql.org>
2024-07-10 07:50:51 Yasir Shah (yasir.hussain.shah.gmail.com) Added yasir.hussain.shah.gmail.com as reviewer
2024-04-09 08:50:43 Andrey Borodin (x4m) New status: Needs review
2024-04-08 08:22:00 Andrey Borodin (x4m) Closed in commitfest 2024-03 with status: Moved to next CF
2024-02-01 18:23:58 vigneshwaran C (vignesh.postgres) Closed in commitfest 2024-01 with status: Moved to next CF
2024-01-05 19:59:00 Robert Haas (rhaas) New status: Waiting on Author
2023-12-04 08:53:03 John Naylor (john.naylor) Closed in commitfest 2023-11 with status: Moved to next CF
2023-11-27 06:09:25 Sean He (iihero) Removed iihero from reviewers
2023-11-27 06:02:48 Sean He (iihero) Added iihero as reviewer
2023-09-19 02:31:52 Hayato Kuroda (ha-kun) Changed reviewers to Hayato Kuroda (ha-kun)
2023-09-19 02:31:52 Hayato Kuroda (ha-kun) Changed authors to Kyotaro Horiguchi (horiguti)
2023-09-19 02:31:34 Hayato Kuroda (ha-kun) Attached mail thread TYAPR01MB586654E2D74B838021BE77CAF5EEA@TYAPR01MB5866.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com
2023-09-19 02:31:34 Hayato Kuroda (ha-kun) Created patch record
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