A proposal to force-drop replication slots to make disabling async

Amit Kapila amitkapila16gmailcom>, PostgreSQL Hackers pgsql-hackerslistspostgresqlorg>

Replication slots were introduced with PostgreSQL and are designed to ensure that any standby connected to the primary using a replication slot will always

postgresql replication slot pg_drop_replication_slot() is a system function for removing a physical or logical replication slot pg_drop_replication_slot() was added in PostgreSQL

postgresql create replication slot A limitation of the PostgreSQL implementation is that replication slots are not cluster-aware: a replication slot exists solely on the instance