Use logical replication for tables in RDS for PostgreSQL

If you've manually created a replication slot on the primary , this slot

Use logical replication for tables in RDS for PostgreSQL The WAL files will just pile up So you need to monitor the slots and manually drop them Only when you do that will the master delete anything

If you've manually created a replication slot on the primary , this slot

drop slot safes SELECT pg_drop_replication_slot; Replace 'slot_name' with the name of the replication slot you want to remove Clean Up:

Currently postgres doesn't allow dropping a replication slot that's active This can make certain operations more time-consuming or stuck in production

dropz slot demo True if this is a temporary replication slot Temporary slots are not saved to disk and are automatically dropped on error or when the session has finished

PostgreSQL will not remove transaction log files for which changes exist that have not been processed by a replication slot For this reason, replication slots