WAL segment file descriptor leak on read errors can PANIC the server

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Patch version: v1, Patch count: 1, First patch: +1−1, All patches: +1−1

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Bugfix

Created

2026-09-21 20:24:44

Last modified

2026-10-08 15:33:55 (1 week ago)

Latest email

2026-10-09 05:00:34 (1 week ago)

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PG20-3 (2026-11-01 – 2026-11-30): Committed

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Bharath Rupireddy (bharathrupireddy)

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Michael Paquier (michael-kun)

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WAL segment file descriptor leak on read errors can PANIC the server: First at 2026-09-21 07:12:17 by Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres at gmail.com>
Latest at 2026-10-09 05:00:34 by Michael Paquier <michael at paquier.xyz>
Latest attachment (v1-0001-xlogreader-Treat-any-negative-segment-descriptor-.patch) at 2026-10-08 06:55:23 from Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot.pg at gmail.com>
    Attachment (v1-0001-xlogreader-Treat-any-negative-segment-descriptor-.patch) at 2026-10-08 06:55:23 from Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot.pg at gmail.com> (Patch: No)
    Attachment (v4-0001-Fix-WAL-segment-file-descriptor-leak-on-WAL-read-.patch) at 2026-10-07 18:34:40 from Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres at gmail.com> (Patch: No)
    Attachment (v3-0001-Fix-WAL-segment-file-descriptor-leak-on-WAL-read-.patch) at 2026-10-05 05:52:41 from Michael Paquier <michael at paquier.xyz> (Patch: No)
    Attachment (v2-0001-Fix-WAL-segment-file-descriptor-leak-on-WAL-read-.patch) at 2026-10-01 04:42:00 from Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres at gmail.com> (Patch: No)
    Attachment (v1-0001-Fix-WAL-segment-file-descriptor-leak-on-WAL-read-.patch) at 2026-09-21 07:12:17 from Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres at gmail.com> (Patch: No)

History

When	Who	What
2026-10-08 15:33:55	Bharath Rupireddy (bharathrupireddy)	Closed in commitfest PG20-3 with status: Committed
2026-10-08 15:33:55	Bharath Rupireddy (bharathrupireddy)	Changed committer to michael-kun
2026-09-21 20:24:45	Bharath Rupireddy (bharathrupireddy)	Attached mail thread CALj2ACVwDuOXXDjj2cVdnTKoxsgTSLDin4XoL63AnM6aUgMQaA@mail.gmail.com
2026-09-21 20:24:45	Bharath Rupireddy (bharathrupireddy)	Created patch record