Don't use the deprecated and insecure PQcancel in our frontend tools anymore

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ID 6314
Title Don't use the deprecated and insecure PQcancel in our frontend tools anymore
CI (CFBot) Summary
Stats (from CFBot) Patch version: v12, Patch count: 4, First patch: +74−79, All patches: +623−466
Tags psql Security
Created 2025-12-15 16:06:38
Last modified 2026-10-01 00:00:08 (22 hours ago)
Latest email 2026-09-02 18:14:21 (4 weeks ago)
Status
PG20-3 (2026-11-01 – 2026-11-30): Needs review
PG20-2 (2026-09-01 – 2026-09-30): Moved to different CF
PG20-1 (2026-07-01 – 2026-07-31): Moved to different CF
PG19-Final (2026-03-01 – 2026-04-09): Moved to different CF
PG19-4 (2026-01-01 – 2026-01-31): Moved to different CF
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Authors Jelte Fennema-Nio (jeltef)
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Don't use the deprecated and insecure PQcancel in our frontend tools anymore
First at 2025-12-14 14:40:25 by "Jelte Fennema-Nio" <postgres at jeltef.nl>
Latest at 2026-09-02 18:14:21 by "Jelte Fennema-Nio" <postgres at jeltef.nl>
Latest attachment (v12-0001-psql-Replace-cancel_pressed-with-CancelRequested.patch) at 2026-09-02 18:14:21 from "Jelte Fennema-Nio" <postgres at jeltef.nl>
    Attachment (v12-0001-psql-Replace-cancel_pressed-with-CancelRequested.patch) at 2026-09-02 18:14:21 from "Jelte Fennema-Nio" <postgres at jeltef.nl> (Patch: No)
    Attachment (v11-0001-psql-Replace-cancel_pressed-with-CancelRequested.patch) at 2026-07-13 21:45:49 from "Jelte Fennema-Nio" <postgres at jeltef.nl> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v10-0001-psql-Replace-cancel_pressed-with-CancelRequested.patch) at 2026-07-09 07:47:14 from "Jelte Fennema-Nio" <postgres at jeltef.nl> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v9-0001-psql-Replace-cancel_pressed-with-CancelRequested.patch) at 2026-07-07 07:54:09 from "Jelte Fennema-Nio" <postgres at jeltef.nl> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v8.1-0001-psql-Replace-cancel_pressed-with-CancelRequeste.patch) at 2026-07-06 16:27:56 from Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka at iki.fi> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (0001-Add-comment-to-describe-the-various-frontend-cancel-.patch) at 2026-07-04 22:57:53 from Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka at iki.fi> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v8-0001-psql-Replace-cancel_pressed-with-CancelRequested.patch) at 2026-07-03 22:28:24 from "Jelte Fennema-Nio" <postgres at jeltef.nl> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v7-0001-Move-Windows-pthread-compatibility-functions-to-s.patch) at 2026-03-17 10:31:04 from "Jelte Fennema-Nio" <postgres at jeltef.nl> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v6-0001-Move-Windows-pthread-compatibility-functions-to-s.patch) at 2026-03-15 15:09:24 from "Jelte Fennema-Nio" <postgres at jeltef.nl> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (nocfbot.v0-0001-POC-Use-non-blocking-apis-for-frontend-tools.patch) at 2026-03-07 08:41:02 from "Jelte Fennema-Nio" <postgres at jeltef.nl> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v4-0001-Move-Windows-pthread-compatibility-functions-to-s.patch) at 2026-03-06 02:12:49 from "Jelte Fennema-Nio" <postgres at jeltef.nl> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v3-0001-Move-Windows-pthread-compatibility-functions-to-s.patch) at 2026-02-08 19:05:57 from "Jelte Fennema-Nio" <postgres at jeltef.nl> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v2-0001-Move-Windows-pthread-compatibility-functions-to-s.patch) at 2026-01-02 15:14:54 from "Jelte Fennema-Nio" <postgres at jeltef.nl> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v1-0001-Move-Windows-pthread-compatibility-functions-to-s.patch) at 2025-12-14 14:40:25 from "Jelte Fennema-Nio" <postgres at jeltef.nl> (Patch: Yes)
History
When Who What
2026-10-01 00:00:08 CFbot Moved from CF PG20-2 to CF PG20-3
2026-09-02 18:32:38 CFbot Patch does not need rebase anymore
2026-08-11 11:56:30 CFbot Patch needs rebase
2026-08-01 00:00:09 CFbot Moved from CF PG20-1 to CF PG20-2
2026-07-03 22:50:39 Jelte Fennema-Nio (jeltef) New status: Needs review
2026-07-03 22:33:31 CFbot Patch does not need rebase anymore
2026-05-18 08:13:54 Jelte Fennema-Nio (jeltef) New status: Waiting on Author
2026-04-17 00:39:22 CFbot Patch needs rebase
2026-04-10 00:00:05 CFbot Moved from CF PG19-Final to CF PG20-1
2026-03-31 17:40:34 Jelte Fennema-Nio (jeltef) New status: Ready for Committer
2026-03-27 13:41:31 Peter Eisentraut (petere) Removed petere from committers
2026-03-01 18:21:31 Peter Eisentraut (petere) Added petere as committer
2026-02-05 14:15:37 Jelte Fennema-Nio (jeltef) Moved from CF PG19-4 to CF PG19-Final
2026-01-03 10:08:30 CFbot Patch does not need rebase anymore
2026-01-01 21:41:23 CFbot Patch needs rebase
2025-12-15 16:06:38 Jelte Fennema-Nio (jeltef) Attached mail thread DEY0N7FS8NCU.1F7QXGG37MQ09@jeltef.nl
2025-12-15 16:06:38 Jelte Fennema-Nio (jeltef) Created patch record
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